Why Timbuktu is a Great Place to Live in the 15th Century
Out of the three cities; Constantinople, Timbuktu, and Seville, Timbuktu would provide me with the most enjoyable life in the fifteenth century. Timbuktu’s government is devoted to creating a wonderful place to live, providing their people with many different varieties of food, and having a good education system.
Back in the fifteenth century, Timbuktu was a developed city in my opinion, their houses were made of bricks, domed rooves and were situated around small courtyards; very similar to what we have today (Haberman, Arthur, Sydney Eisen, and Adrian Shubert). This would allow for better protection against any rain storms, harsh winds, or any other weather conditions, which is important because it would allow me to feel safe in my own home. If I did not feel safe in my home then I would not enjoy
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it in the city. Timbuktu was also located by the Niger River which allowed the city to be more connected with other important cities, by transportation from its ports. This connection helped developed the city, as it got a variety of food, clothing, and different materials from different parts of West Africa (Haberman, Arthur, Sydney Eisen, and Adrian Shubert). This created a better place to live for the community of Timbuktu, and would also provide a much healthier life. Health is important, especially in the fifteenth century, as it would allow for people to live a longer, more fulfilled life. The longer the people would live, the longer they would be able to provide for their families. If I were a wife back in the fifteenth century, this would be very important, as my husband would be the one working, and providing the income for the family. To continue, throughout the fifteenth century Timbuktu expanded because of the strong army, that were able to win many battles to gain land. As the army continued to win more battles, Timbuktu started to grow, and soon the empire of Timbuktu covered nearly all of West Africa (Haberman, Arthur, Sydney Eisen, and Adrian Shubert). This also included routes to Tunis, Tripoli, and Egypt. This allowed for many trade contacts which gained the empire a huge advantage over Constantinople and Seville. Timbuktu now had better trade routes which gained the city better, and more varied food (Haberman, Arthur, Sydney Eisen, and Adrian Shubert). This is important to me because my health is important to me, and Timbuktu would provide me with the variety of foods that I need to have a healthy diet. The trade routes will also maintain the food supplies for the community, as they can always bring in more for the people as the empire expands. In this case I would not have to worry about the lack of food for my family and I. Finally, the most important thing to me is education.
Education is a huge part of my life, and I believe with a good education we can get far in life. We will be able good job that we are passionate about. Education to me has allowed me to express myself where I could not in other situations, and has allowed me to realize who I want to be, and where my passion lies. In Timbuktu, education is also very important to them. Timbuktu in the fifteenth century had 150 schools, ranging from elementary school to universities located in the city, and as a women, I would be allowed to be educated at these schools, if I were to choose to do so (Haberman, Arthur, Sydney Eisen, and Adrian Shubert). Also, in Timbuktu they are very devoted to their education. There was support from merchants and other citizens, where they would donate money, clothes, and slaves to many of the scholars, similar to the scholarships given out today by universities and local organizations (Haberman, Arthur, Sydney Eisen, and Adrian Shubert). Therefore in Timbuktu I would have been able to learn, and express myself in the same way that I do
today. To conclude, Timbuktu would be the best choice for me, as I would be able to live the life I would enjoy the most because of the variety of food, and the health that I would have from that. The safety of the city from the strong housing for the community, and the knowledge that I would be able to gain as a women in the fifteenth century. (727)
The mosh is an awesome place in Downtown Jacksonville; where everyone can learn some interesting facts about our city, how the body works , what animals are in the ocean and etc. I visited the Timucua Indian exhibit; I learned a lot of intriguing information that I didn’t know before. I learned how the Timucua Indians first came about, how the Indians lived and survived during this time period. This exhibit also showed me how the Indians looked and the way they did things. Being able to learn about the Timucua Indians is so fascinating to me.
Before the arrival of European traders, Africa had successful in maintaining complex civilizations. The cities of Timbuktu and Mali demonstrate this with their qualities. A Moroccan traveler journeyed to Timbuktu and described it as a land of “many doctors, judges, priests and other learned men, that are well maintained at the king’s cost. Various manuscripts and written
The Niitsitapi (also called Blackfoot Indians), reside in the Great Plains of Montana as well as Alberta and Saskatchewan located in Canada. Only one of the Niitsitapi tribes are named Siksika, also known as Blackfoot.
He decided to improve the status of his land on his arrival from a pilgrimage from Mecca in 1324. Furthermore, he transformed his trading city of Timbuktu to a center of learning and religion and built a mass, which set a new style of architecture in West Africa. “Caravans of Gold” underlines the importance of Timbuktu because it concentrated on African scholarship, politics, teaching theology, and Islamic law. Timbuktu was a significant place in Africa during this time because it became a market right after and made a profit for the region. Likewise, it was a religious, cultural, and profitable center whose people traveled north across the Sahara through Morocco and Algeria to other parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia. According to The History of Africa, “Because of his devotion to Islam, Mansa Musa strengthened Islam and promoted education, trade, and commerce in Mali” (Asante, 2014, pg. 135). It was a successful center for the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade and grew as the center of Islam. This statement launches the truth that Timbuktu supported Islamic values and knowledge because it was a city most well-known for the education of important scholars whose backgrounds were of Islam. Asante supports the fact that Mansa Musa was effective in reforming the city of Timbuktu and the trade in that area. Asante also states that “Musa did not forget the control of the gold and salt; it was fundamental for the
A camp focused on not only torture but death. something so permanent, so final. thousands of prisoners thrown in this camp every day just to be killed (about 800,000). With no rhyme or reason, besides the thought of the jews being completely worthless and not even deserving of living on this earth and breathing the air. The logic in this time is completely lost, they jews were treated no better than dirt under the guards shoes. On a list of the nine worst concentration camps Treblinka is the second. ( the first being the worst.) This camp in particular has gas chambers made to look like showers. even including shower faucets and tile.With pipes running across the ceiling which of course was designed to appear as pipes for the water when in reality the pipes were filled with carbon monoxide gas ( a deadly gas). When the prisoners piled in they were gassed to death.The guards often referred to the tunnels to the chambers as “ the road to heaven”. The other prisoners were sometimes just machine gunned or even “spilled onto the railroad platform”
Constantinople was the newly established capital of the once glorious Roman Empire, center of Roman religion, and was heavily influenced by the Roman culture. Then the Schism in 1054, cultural diffusion, and the change in women’s rights altered the day-to-day life of Constantinople’s inhabitants. Despite the intensity of the political changes over the long period of 400 C.E. to 1473 C.E., such as the Schism in 1054 and cultural diffusion, continuities such as classical learning and Justinian’s Code were more influential for they prevented Constantinople from declining before 1473 C.E.
Women throughout history have fought very hard to earn a respectable place in society, despite a patriarchal society and male dominance that remains. The roles of women have developed widely over time. Women frequently fall inferior to men politically, socially, and intellectually. This intellectual gap restricted many women to the role of a domestic caretaker. For others, education is the foundation to discover new ideas and new ways of thinking.
Özcan, Azmi. "Empire, Ottoman." Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450. Ed. Thomas Benjamin. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 407-416. World History in Context. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.
Knowledge was a very valuable thing to have in these kingdoms. The education a person had determined what job they would have, which in all, decided what a person's life will be like in the future. Many cities like Timbuktu, located in west Africa, had doctors, judges, and priests that were being paid and taken care of by the king (Document 5). Education set apart other civilizations before the Europeans came into Africa because education could benefit and advance the civilization.
As we look back into both long moments in history, we can see how the two, while starting out along the same path and beliefs, had branched away from one another. These differences, whether influences by outside or internal sources, helped shape not only the future for their worlds but also for ours. If it had not been for Constantinople’s prime trade location, or had they ignored the opportunity, they too could have easily stifled their economic and cultural growth. While the Medieval Western European culture was slower to expand, they did eventually blossom, prosper and survive.
Education has been the hurdle keeping women from gaining equality in society, by separating them from their male counterparts. Women who sought higher education were considered, heathens and the most disgusting beings that would perish. Without education to empower them, women were stripped of their dignity and rights by their husbands and other men of the community. The struggle for women higher education is a battle that still has not reached its citadel.
The education one earns is something that does not just affect them, but rather, it affects all the people around them. A community filled with mostly uneducated people holds itself back from bigger an...
In the contemporary society, education is a foundational human right. It is essentially an enabling right that creates various avenues for the exercise of other basic human rights. Once it is guaranteed, it facilitates the fulfillment of other freedoms and rights more particularly attached to children. Equally, lack of education provision endangers all fundamental rights associate with the welfare of human beings. Consequently, the role of education and in particular girl child education as a promoter of nation states welfare cannot be overemphasized. As various scholars asserts, the challenges and problems faced by the African girl child, to enjoy her right to education are multifaceted. Such difficulties include sexual abuse, child labor, discrimination, early pregnancies, violence and poverty, culture and religious practices (Julia 219). Across the developing world, millions of young girls lack proper access to basic education. In the contemporary society, this crisis, which is particularly critical in remote and poor region of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have fascinated increased public attention. However, almost all global nation states have assured their commitment in addressing various girl child challenges and allowed a declaration to enable each young girl and boy receive education by the year 2015 (Herz and Sperling 17). This target was firmly established and approved in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, this study will focus on girls’ education in Africa and its impacts to their livelihood.
Education is the one of priorities in life for most parents. Previous generation, which is the generation x born between 1961-1981 has pressure on the Millenial Generation. The money is the most important variable that specifies the quality of life for them. So the Generation X pushes their children to graduate from a qualified colleague to have high life standards (How Young People View Their Lives Futures and Politics A PORTRAIT OF “GENERATION NEXT” (2007) by Andrew Kohut, Kim Parker, Scott Keeter, Carroll Doherty, Michael Dimock ). Especially parents, thinks in the same way with Balogum and he describes it as a key that “... unlocks the door of development and modernization...” in the idea of an educated person in contemporary African thought(117). This thought points out that parents think of the child’s future when forcing children to go to school. Also Balogum state that “...the concept of ‘education’ and ‘educated person’ are both common in all cultures”(118). Although both are familiar for people for people, most people may confuse these two claims and there is a link between them. Education is a lifelong process so being an educated man is connected with the developmental process. Also to have education there is no age limit. Balgum point that “...from womb to the tomb”(120) totally fits the previous sentence. The author supports his ideas by saying that “ In Rome, an educated person was a person who was a good orator and one who excelled in the military training...”(112). This example shows that in ancient times people who had various jobs were educated. Oth...