Unlike Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, or the Americas, where the first complex societies tapped agricultural supplies, most African states relied on
a. ship building.
b. raising and herding camels.
c. the drug trade.
d. strategic natural resources like water or gold.
e. slave trade.
d
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A) preached fiery sermons on the evil of slavery B) lobbied the British government to make financial settlement with slave owners to end slavery C) encouraged slaves to rise in revolt D) believed it would be better to Christianize and educate slaves than to set them free
The mfecane in southern Africa resulted in the
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Grant made serious efforts to annex which of the following Caribbean nations?
A) ?Cuba B) ?Jamaica C) ?Puerto Rico D) ?Santo Domingo E) ?Haiti