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General History of Africa What characterizes this long period is the richness, the excellence and the variety of our information. Archival sources, still secondary to literary writings,

It can't be 'God' - 'God' is a European name and you are not European.

The Elephantine Papyri are a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts dating from the 5th century BC. They come from a Jewish community at Elephantine, then called Yeb, the island in the Nile at the b

Excerpt from A General History of Africa, Volume 1 UNESCO, 1981 ...the blood-group and population method, despite its remarkable achievements, comes up against difficulties. For one thing, its p

I started looking at woodstoves a couple of months ago, not wishing a repeat of last winter when an icestorm left us without heat for six days. I was surprised how hi-tech they are compared with what

And be greeted by Crazy Harry.

Part of my job as a Bird-Watcher is to feed the birds. The Chickadees and the Titmouses are the boldest but inevitably they too are compelled to flee the presence of Man. It makes me wonder, what do t

For the past couple weeks I've been enjoying the wildlife coming to my bird-feeder. I cleared out a bramble vine that was about 35 feet up into the cypress tree outside the kitchen window and hung a 4

Among those far-seeing men whose imaginations became fired with the dream of building an American iron industry was William Bird, believed of Dutch ancestry and born in Raritan, N. J., in 1703. He wen

An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, passed by the Pennsylvania legislature on 1 March 1780, was one of the first attempts by a government in the Western Hemisphere to begin an abolition of sl

More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago. And here's a big reason we've seen such incredible growth and innovati

It is said by some that Ibn Hanbal made a comment in regards to his book which read as follows: "I have only included a hadith in this book if it had been used as evidence by some of the scholars." Ce

"I have chosen the iron industry as a window through which to view and understand the industrious and industrial revolutions as they unfolded in early Anglo America. I have done so partly because iron

"Black In America" is more than just a phrase to describe African Americans in the United States. It's a movement that creates awareness and encourages dialogue about relevant issues.

Born a Mandinga, Francisco Menendez was sold by Muslim traders to the English on the Gambia River in 1709, and brought to the Carolina colony when he was 5 years old. He joined the Yamasee to fight

AGA'S RECOLLECTIONS. DESCRIPTION OF THE VALLEY OF TEGLA, AND ITS INHABITANTS. SURROUNDED by some beautiful mountain scenery, and situated between Durfur and Abyssinia, is a small valle

Ethnic groups in Africa number in the thousands, each generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The largest ethnic groups mostly originate from major historic politi

Saudi Arabia, and the Arabian peninsula, are considered part of Asia, to which the peninsula is directly connected. Being the southwest section, it is the closest part of the Asian continent to Africa

...simply glancing at these statistics reveals that virtually none of the African Americans tested by these DNA companies is inferred to be 100 percent sub-Saharan African, although each company has a

The Los Angeles Unified School District is teaming up with a nonprofit to launch a sweeping expansion of computer science course work, officials announced Tuesday. The three-year effort will train

Rosy red Falling, fading, fleeing Into the trees Into the rosy dawn

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Jews of the Bilad al-Sudan (אַהַל יַהוּדּ בִּלַדּ אַל סו