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National Geographic's Genographic Project has been conducting a huge genetic analysis of as many people as they can get, in order to map out the human population starting about 100,000- 150,000 years ago. They've actually put together a migration map that shows human origins in Africa, and tracked various genetic groups' travels out of Africa into the rest of the world. If you look for their website, it'll explain everything to you.

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What are all three parts of triangular trade?

The three parts of the triangular trade involved the trade of goods from Europe to Africa (guns, textiles, and trinkets), then enslaved Africans to the Americas, and finally raw materials (such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton) back to Europe.


What is the basic reason for the early prolonged absence of humans in the western hemisphere is?

All anthropological evidence collected so far seems to indicate strongly that man evolved in one place on earth - somewhere on the African plains. He spread out slowly from there north, east and west into what is now China. North America (and finally, South America) was kind of a "last stop" in his wanderings.


What classes made up Incan society?

Incan society was divided into different classes, with the emperor and the nobility at the top, followed by skilled artisans, farmers, and finally laborers. Each class had specific roles and duties within the society, and mobility between classes was limited.


When was humanity born?

That depends on which perspective you are going to consider it. If you take the religious explanation of it, it would tell you that humanity came about when God finally decided to create a man then a woman. If you are going to take the scientific point of view however, it would tell you completely another thing. It would all trace back to when a meteor with some bacteria in it crashed the earth billions of years ago then as a result of many, many cycles of evolution man finally appeared.


What factors led planters to use the labor of enslaved africans?

There are many reasons why many groups and nationalities have been used as slaves throughout time. Africans were only one of many examples because throughout time whites also enslaved whites. Africans still enslave Africans. The American experience is only one of many times slaves have been used in history and today. Initially few enslaved Africans were used in the Americas. It was the expansion of the sugar industry in Barbados and the Leeward islands that led to the large scale use of enslaved Africans by planters. Initially white British indentured labour was used. The Dutch first started the trade but once the British got involved they were able to better organize the trade sending ships back and forth between England, Africa and the Americas, known as the triangular trade. As a result the price of slaves dropped and planters turned to this cheap source of labour. Hence in a nutshell, the reasons for the use of enslaved Africans by planters in the Americas was simply that it was a cheap form of labour. By the time the mainland colonies started to used enslaved Africans as labour, the trade was well organised by the British and the price of slaves was significantly reduced to make slave labour viable. Not that Africans were only slaves in the "New World". Some Black Americans owned slaves. Slavery was also not limited to the southern states either. There were states in the north during the civil war that owned slaves throughout the entire war. It was not until several months after the civil war ended that slavery finally became illegal.

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The year was 1983 and the boat was Australia II, the skipper was John Bertrand. The losing boat was Liberty, USA.


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Why was OAS created?

In historical terms, to aid countries in the Americas to remain free of European political powers, to further trade between countries in the Americas, and to foster other cooperation. When the modern OAS was finally formed, arguably the specific important impetus was a common desire to fight communism.


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Aborigines and there decedents are finally getting there rights.


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Make a point in the introduction, back it up with evidence in the paragraphs, analyse it in the paragraphs, show links between the evidences and, finally, summarise in the conclusion.


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What part of the triangular trade brought slaves t o the Americas?

slave triangle starts from britain then to africa and finally america


Which colony finally voted to join the Australian federation in 1900?

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