Compare And Contrast Mali And Delhi Sultanate

" Songhai and to achieve control of the Trans-Saharan trade routes. As was the case with some earlier Malian leaders, Sonni Ali valued original forms of religious practice beside Islam" (Empires of medieval West Africa). Songhai thrived for many years till it fell into unstableness because of unsuccessful emperors. Eventually, Songhai Empire collapsed.

Although it faded as inevitably as other empires, the Mali Empire developed a great civilization in West Africa and fostered the development of economic, social, political, trade and economic systems that epitomized the glorious past of Africa. Contrary to what Henry Stanley portrayed, the

Both Europe and West Africa followed a system of centralized rule. In West Africa the kingdoms of Mali, Songhai, and Kongo had centralized governments capable of collecting taxes, regulating commerce, and mobilizing armies. For instance, the kingdom of Kongo consisted of smaller kingdoms that were ruled by the Manikongo. In Europe, absolute monarchs held power over provinces. In North America, on the other hand, chiefdoms became more prevalent during the Mississippi tradition.

THE RISE OF AJURAN EMPIRE. Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. During the ancient time, Somalia is one of the most important centre for commerce with the rest of ancient world such as Egypt, Roman and British. This is because according to Charnan Simon , Somalia is the most probable location of the fabled ancient of Land of Punt. Besides, Somalia is also known for its beautiful history in several of powerful empire that dominated the regional trade.

East and West Africa from 1000 to 1500 CE had profound differences in forms of government, with West Africa being kingdom based, and East Africa city-state based. The conversion of Eastern and Western African ruling elites compacted trading between themselves and Islamic traders from Mesopotamia, China, India, and as far away as Oceania. The relatively stable political environment from 1000-1500 CE in Sub-Saharan Africa attracted displaced peoples from the Abbasid empire in Northern Africa, with West Africa utilizing Trans-Saharan trade, and East Africa utilizing mariner trade routes. The East and West developed in clearly different ways, but paralleled each other in a way in which the political, social, and economic environments facilitated stable trade in the region, as well as a distinct blend between Islamic culture and African tradition.

Introduction Both Carthage and Rome were growing and competitive powers that each dreamed of holding the supremacy. These two powers had their similarities and also great differences. In this paper, I will try to provide a brief history of Carthage, the power of Rome, comparison between Carthage and Rome, the Punic wars, and the creation and the power of Roman navy. The paper will therefore end with a conclusion stating my views.

Timbuktu has elements of criterion 5 through the three mosques and mausoleums are outstanding witnesses to the urban establishment of Timbuktu, its

Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. In addition, a colony is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country. Following the end of the slave trade, between the period 1871- 1914 European nations rushed on the African continent to exploit its large fields of raw materials and precious metals. Also known as the scramble for Africa, different territories on the continent experienced various forms of colonisation. This paper will focus on the Algerian case.

INTRODUCTION The Ajuran Sultanate or Ajuran Empire was known as a Somali Muslim empire that ruled over the large parts of the Northeast Africa consists of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia and dominated the regional trade during the 5th to the 15th century during the era of Medieval Ages. Ajuran Sultanate was very well-known during 13th century until the late 17th century because of their strong centralized administration and has an aggressive military towards invaders. This empire also left an extensive architectural legacy, including castles, fortress building and pillar tombs fields attributed to the Ajuran engineers.

Imperialism, which is the policy of a strong country extending power and influence through diplomacy or military force to take control over a weaker country. In simpler words, imperialism is when a strong country takes control over a weaker country. Imperialism has been present throughout the world 's history and still has influence today. Some specific causes of imperialism are economics, ethnocentrism, exploration, politics, and religion. Two events that were caused by imperialism was World War One and the invasion of Africa.

Mali or Manden Kurufaba started in 1230. Mali is around the upper areas of the Niger river. Our first King was Sundiata who created the Mali empire. Since Sundiata was the king he conquered Ghana which had salt and gold that was very important for trade. After Sundiata died in 1255 a new king came was Mansa Musa I.

The Niger River was the life-blood of Mali, and was imperative to helping the empire become prosperous and dominant. Mali lay along the upper Niger River and the fertile soil helped Mali to grow, and allowed the people to control trade on the winding body of water. However, Mali’s rise to power began under a ruler named Sundiata. When Sundiata was a child, a despotic ruler conquered Mali, but then later as an adult Sundiata built up an army and won back his country’s independence. In the 1230’s he vanquished nearby kingdoms including Ghana.

Between 300th century and 1400th century, the most powerful African kingdoms had achieved great goals, such as developing a trade system. The empires in Africa had a solid economy which was supported by their trade. Before the Europeans arrived, these empires had hierarchies and roles in society, which helped the trade system flourish. Some achievements Africa accomplished included trade, wealth, and a complex society.

The 13th century involved the expansion of a ruling dynasty that took place across South Asia. Known as the Delhi Sultanate, the dynasty gained control over the region of India. During the Delhi Sultanate rule, Muslim rulers displayed low tolerance toward their non-Muslim subjects in which they still allowed them to remain part of the society, but to the extent that non-Muslims were to live in difficult conditions by being under the restricting rules placed on them for not converting to Muslim views. Non-Muslims under rule by Muslim rulers during the Delhi Sultanate were still accepted to being a part of Sultanate society (Doc 1, 3, 4). Muslim rulers were forced to provide the majority of the non-Muslim population with enough contentment

The Aztec and Incan empires were just two of the many government figures that cultivated an image of authority and power (held by the people).creating the expectations of what a governing administration should appeal as to representing themselves projecting an authoritative image to the community and others still use this technique for foundation to the modern world as well as religion and economics which come hand in hand with government and society. Retrospectively in addition to the many ties connected to leadership and the formation of laws and regulations innovative architectural ideas and monuments progressed throughout the history of both The Aztecs and Inca. Heavily suppressed by world wars and genocides within high school history books, neither empire sought a chance for even a chapter or lesson opening a gap of general knowledge known for the responsibilities these cultures have affected. Both empires designed a way of living they believed would protect and achieve more greatness within themselves. Pioneering one of the many first trial and error solutions that is commonly used throughout careers and everyday lives, of the possibilities of what could happen if they did not test things out to see the greatness and failures.