World Geo Wrap Up: Africa
Push/Pull Factors
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Pull Factors
Push factors
One connection I can make to ancient Africa is university's. University originated in Mali, and then spread all across the world
Another connection i can make to ancient Africa is the invention of Hospitals. Hospitals, again, originated in Mali, which then spread all across the world.
Another connection I can make to ancient is the domestication and brewing of coffee. The location where the undomesticated coffee plant originated is Ethiopia. From there it was taken all over the world be traders
One major thing we can glean from ancient africa is there driving force of innovation. Hospitals, Universities, and more were all invented in ancient africa. We can apply this driving force in our own lives to increase our quality of living
Unlike many other countries then and now, Mali had religious freedom, which is important to how we as a country have developed now. They were on of the first countries of that era to allow this. Without there desicouse to allow all religions to coexist we may not have had a fair and just country today
The Savahna
The Mediterranean Coast
The Sahel
The Sahara Desert
The African Rainforest
The Sahara desert is the second largest desert on Earth, but it is still the hottest.
The Sahel is a region between the Savanna and the Sahara that has traits of both, a sort of grassy desert
The Rainforest is a forest in which the trees and bushes for a tight canopy over the ground. This region recieves the most rain out of the five
The Mediterranean Coast is the large stretch of cliffs and beaches the cover the north of Africa
The savannah is a grassland with scattered trees throughout. Underneath the surface there is a large amount of oil diamonds and gold
Another push factor of Ancient Africa was the difficulty of living in areas like the sahel
One major push factor of africa was the scarcity of water in the northern region, specifically the sahara desert
Another pull factor of ancient africa was the free education you could get in places like Timbuktu
Another pull factor of ancient africa were the many traders and merchants across the continent
One pull factor of ancient africa was the large amounts of gold in the regions of Ghana, Songhai, and Mali