Introduction of the blog

welcome to Emily's blog, I hope when you are reading through it, you will learn new and interesting things about Africa. Hopefully the pictures will help you understand more about the places in Africa. I hope this blog will be interesting and enjoyable for you.

Bibliography

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Time Line of Medieval Africa

711 AD - "Moors" is a term for the Muslims from North Africa, of Arab or Berber descent, who conquered the Iberian Peninsula within 8 years of their invasion in 711 AD.

1000 AD - According to Dalby, "by the year 1000, [the growing of sugar] had reached the Middle East and the coast of East Africa."

1325 - In 1325, an African explorer named Ibn Battuta began a journey of tens of thousands of miles. It was almost thirty years before his travels ended, and by that time he had visited countless kingdoms and empires of medieval Africa

1492 - In 1492, after holding power for 28 years, Sii Ali died while returning home from another military campaign. He was succeeded by his son Sii Baru, who only ruled for five months before he was deposed by a stronger leader.

1500 - The International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) covers recent published articles in all aspects of medieval studies within the range c.450 to 1500 AD.

1991 - How did Malcolm X, jazz master Duke Ellington, author Alexandre Dumas or medieval African king Askiya Muhammad use the principles emphasized by the celebration? With Kwanzaa, anything African- American is fair game. Although Kwanzaa is celebrated by families, many community ...

1994 - George Washington, Einstein and the US Constitution have been ruthlessly stricken from the inventory; dozens of obscure female poets, medieval African kings and degenerate rock stars have been added on.

1999 - "Timeline" combines all the ingredients that make Crichton's books compulsive reading: a fast-paced story, a hefty dollop of scientific.

2000 - Contributed by J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. (rosserjb@jmu.edu) on April 19, 2000. This will start as aa normal sparring-match with Ricardo Duchesne.

2002 - Viewers of the total solar eclipse in Southern Africa early on Wednesday have also had their eyes opened by second startling event - newly released evidence that a medieval African site was an astronomical observatory.

Rivers and lakes in Mali and Ghana

The major river in Mali is the Niger River. It provides with food, water,and transportation. The Senegal River separates Mali from Senegal.

The rivers in Ghana are drained by a large number of steams and rivers. Ghana has two huge man made lakes, the Volta lake, and Lake Bosumtwi is southeast of Kumasi which has no out lit to the sea. If you look at the Ghana map, you can sea all the river and lakes. There the Par River, Ofin River, Anum River, Birim River, and lake volta.

Facts of Africa

Africa is the second biggest continent on Earth

Africa is the second most populous content.

The largest country in Africa is Sudan.

The coastline of Africa is 18,950 miles long.

The longest river is the Nile with a length exceeding 4,150 miles.

The Nile is the longest river in the world.

Africa produces nearly 50 percent of the gold in the world.

Africa produces 50 percent of the diamonds in the world.

With over 11 million square miles of land, it accounts for 5.7 percent of the Earth surface and over 20 percent of the total land surface of the earth.

Africa is the place where humans first existed

The Sahara Desert is the largest in the world.

Africa was connected to South America millions of years ago before the tectonic plates moved away from each other.

Africa is the place where humans first existed.

The smallest African country is The Seychelles covering an area of 453 sq km.

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the is the world's second-largest freshwater lake - covering an area of 69,490 sq km (26,830 sq mi) and lies 1,130 m (3,720 ft) above sea level. Its greatest known depth is 82 m (270 ft).

The Namib is the world's oldest desert, and the only desert in Africa inhabited by elephant, rhino, giraffe and lion.