Northern Africa
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Impact of Geography
The northern region of Africa is harsh, but it is also a prospering land. The northern Region of Africa consists mostly of a desert called the Sahara Desert. The northern region of Africa includes mountains too. The mountains are called the Atlas Mountains, and it reaches from Algeria to Morocco, then, it ends at Tunisia. North Africa also has a famous river that most people heard of, the Nile River. These geographic features affect how people live and how their culture develops.
The Sahara affects the people of northern Africa substantially. It has caused people to be nomads because one source of water for a group of nomads wasn't enough. They kept on searching for an oasis because there wasn't enough water, and people still do to this day. However, people that have found a substantial water source have been known to settle near them. These conditions have created different cultures for people and a different way of life. The Sahara is the one that creates them. The Sahara is a monster of a desert and it affects everything with its harsh, hot, humid climate from wildlife to people.
The Sahara may be the biggest geographical feature in the Northern Region of Africa, but the Atlas Mountains will still be there, and they are important to people and animals too. The Atlas Mountains are essential for keeping the countries inside it lush and green. It keeps them lush because it keeps all the moist air in. Because of the stature of the mountains, the moist air stays trapped, and rain falls in consequent of that. This lush climate is good for vegetation, so the people that live there are farmers because of the geography. However the mountains do have their hardships. The mountains are steep and rugged which affects people who live there by making going to places harder. All These things affect the development of culture and it created a whole new culture for the people who live there. The people of the mountains are herders and they also have special jobs that they each do. It all has to do with their tradition that the mountains themselves gave them. This is another important geographic feature that affects the way people live.
Onto the Nile now. The Nile is one of the most famous geographic features in the world and it still affects today's economy in Egypt, and countries close to Egypt. The ancient Egyptians used and worshipped the Nile because it was their source for water and food. Modern Egypt thrives from this early foundation. The Nile is still being used to water crops and plants for Egypt. Water has always been an important part of a prospering civilization. This geographic location supported the ancients and it now supports 95% of Egyptians that live by there. This is another geographic location that important to Northern Africa, and it affects the people that live there.
All of these Geographic locations affect northern Africa in one way or the other. These are the shapers of cultures and way of life for the population of Northern Africa.
The Sahara affects the people of northern Africa substantially. It has caused people to be nomads because one source of water for a group of nomads wasn't enough. They kept on searching for an oasis because there wasn't enough water, and people still do to this day. However, people that have found a substantial water source have been known to settle near them. These conditions have created different cultures for people and a different way of life. The Sahara is the one that creates them. The Sahara is a monster of a desert and it affects everything with its harsh, hot, humid climate from wildlife to people.
The Sahara may be the biggest geographical feature in the Northern Region of Africa, but the Atlas Mountains will still be there, and they are important to people and animals too. The Atlas Mountains are essential for keeping the countries inside it lush and green. It keeps them lush because it keeps all the moist air in. Because of the stature of the mountains, the moist air stays trapped, and rain falls in consequent of that. This lush climate is good for vegetation, so the people that live there are farmers because of the geography. However the mountains do have their hardships. The mountains are steep and rugged which affects people who live there by making going to places harder. All These things affect the development of culture and it created a whole new culture for the people who live there. The people of the mountains are herders and they also have special jobs that they each do. It all has to do with their tradition that the mountains themselves gave them. This is another important geographic feature that affects the way people live.
Onto the Nile now. The Nile is one of the most famous geographic features in the world and it still affects today's economy in Egypt, and countries close to Egypt. The ancient Egyptians used and worshipped the Nile because it was their source for water and food. Modern Egypt thrives from this early foundation. The Nile is still being used to water crops and plants for Egypt. Water has always been an important part of a prospering civilization. This geographic location supported the ancients and it now supports 95% of Egyptians that live by there. This is another geographic location that important to Northern Africa, and it affects the people that live there.
All of these Geographic locations affect northern Africa in one way or the other. These are the shapers of cultures and way of life for the population of Northern Africa.
Lasting Legacy of Imperialism
Europeans have impacted Africa with their imperialism in so many places of Africa. Today there is no country that has not been affected by European imperialism. However, it varies from places to places of what the repercussions of imperialism are. It was either good or bad. The legacy of imperialism in northern Africa certainly had a lasting effect in it.
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Northern Africa is a region of minerals, and this has helped draw Europeans towards it. The Europeans were ruthless in their search for the precious minerals. They even fought their fellow Europeans for it because more minerals meant more power. So from there, each day meant less minerals for the Africans and more for the Europeans. This was mostly the British who had taken the minerals because they had taken over the mineral rich parts of Africa. This had a bad repercussion for North Africa. Now, In modern times, they have less minerals for themselves. These minerals could have been sold to provide money for northern Africa's troubling times. So many of these minerals were lost to the Europeans.This was one of the bad repercussions of imperialism.
Imperialism has not been entirely bad. One of the greatest accomplishments of imperialism was and still is the Suez canal. The Suez canal was made to export and import goods from Europe, Africa, and Asia. This served Europeans well because it opened up a gateway to East Africa for Europeans. This might be bad, but today it helps North Africa really well. Africans can import things easier from the Suez canal to make money. They can also export things that might help the people of Africa, like medication and food. This is one of the good effects of imperialism.
Imperialism did not only affect the people, but it also affected their culture and religion. When the Europeans were conquering Africa, they converted people to their religion. They destroyed cultures and religions that were thousands of years old. They sent missionaries all over North Africa converting thousands of Africans. This is one of the the long lasting impressions that is still evident in Africa. Today millions of Africans are Christians due to European Imperialism.
Imperialism had different effects for every region of Africa. Each region has its own long lasting effect from imperialism. These long lasting affects in Africa made from imperialism helped shape Africa to what it is now.
Wikipedia
Northern Africa is a region of minerals, and this has helped draw Europeans towards it. The Europeans were ruthless in their search for the precious minerals. They even fought their fellow Europeans for it because more minerals meant more power. So from there, each day meant less minerals for the Africans and more for the Europeans. This was mostly the British who had taken the minerals because they had taken over the mineral rich parts of Africa. This had a bad repercussion for North Africa. Now, In modern times, they have less minerals for themselves. These minerals could have been sold to provide money for northern Africa's troubling times. So many of these minerals were lost to the Europeans.This was one of the bad repercussions of imperialism.
Imperialism has not been entirely bad. One of the greatest accomplishments of imperialism was and still is the Suez canal. The Suez canal was made to export and import goods from Europe, Africa, and Asia. This served Europeans well because it opened up a gateway to East Africa for Europeans. This might be bad, but today it helps North Africa really well. Africans can import things easier from the Suez canal to make money. They can also export things that might help the people of Africa, like medication and food. This is one of the good effects of imperialism.
Imperialism did not only affect the people, but it also affected their culture and religion. When the Europeans were conquering Africa, they converted people to their religion. They destroyed cultures and religions that were thousands of years old. They sent missionaries all over North Africa converting thousands of Africans. This is one of the the long lasting impressions that is still evident in Africa. Today millions of Africans are Christians due to European Imperialism.
Imperialism had different effects for every region of Africa. Each region has its own long lasting effect from imperialism. These long lasting affects in Africa made from imperialism helped shape Africa to what it is now.
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