HISTORY 2J03 Midterm: 2JO3 Midterm Review
23 Oct 2011
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55 countries think of africa as a continent as opposed to a country; over 1000 ethnic groups and languages. Vast geographical differences grasslands, woodlands, savannahs, deserts, semi-deserts, mountains etc geography is important to history. Increasing desertification ancient egyptians had paintings of giraphs, hippos etc so there is a belief that africa was once tropical. Hugh trevor-roper in future history to teach stating that africa has no history yet. Intellectuals didn"t have tools to excavate history of non-europeans believed that history began when people began to write. Primitive africa: a place without change: static africa . Ancient tribes = can see how our ancestors lived. Wild/dangerous: where you could encounter nature at its wildest form vast jungles and deserts. Again, some truth: a vast geographical climate so does hold various species of animals. Exotic: stresses the difference between africans and other human societies. When something is different there is a tendency to see it as exotic.
