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The Beginning of the Hunnan Race There are manytheories about how human life started on earth, Scientists who = believe in the theory of evolution believe that human...

The Beginning of the Hunnan Race There are manytheories about how human life started on earth, Scientists who = believe in the theory of evolution believe that human beings evolved from primates E over a period of millions of years. Experts believe the million years ago in Africa' This first human ancestor was first Jhuman,, appeared 3.2 rffil known as a hominid, because it was a primate that warked upright on two regs. specificaily, it was cailed Australopithecus, which meant "southern dweiling ape,,. The first human ancestor ::1flfl:i:j::1':::-'::::.if":1:r_and,a possibly covered in fur, and walked on two legs. verv smarr human ,, *",ri i,;;;;;" about 3 reet tau, The first human ancestor is believed to have lived in the region of Africa that is currently known as Tanzania' specifically, she lived in an area called the olduvai Gorge which is near Lake victoria, Africa's largest rake. An archeologist n"r"o Donard Johanson, arong with a team of Ethiopian archeorogists, found the ordest known skereton that has the most similarities to a human skereton in the orduvai Gorge. The scientists named the skereton "Lucy" because when they found her, the song that was playing on the radio was "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds,, by The Beatres. However, the Africans with Johanson called : her Dinqnesh in their own African language, which means "wonderful,,. Scientists have found many other fossilized skeletons in Africa, but through corbon dating, the :Oidere! : : e+qe process of measuring the amount of the element of carbon in a once living being to Tanuania determine how old it is, they have found that Dinqnesh's skeleton is the oldest and therefore they call her the oldest human relative. The location of the orduvai Gorge is a very important detail when discussing what earry human beings rooked rike. The orduvai so.uth of the equator in East Africa. rhis means ::r"-:,:r"::^::,,^r^?r- 1,: that the temperature in the first person on earth was probably a black personl Many people throughout history have tried to say that black people do not have a history before slavery and that they have not contributed to the progress and accomplishments of the human race, outside of the areas of sports and entertainment. The existence of Dinqnesh proves that the original people on earth came from Africa and that if it were not for African people, the human race would not exist. 7 Kemetic Architectural Achievements The people of Kemet developed some of the world's first architecture, lt was very advanced and was based on their in depth understanding of math and science' EIffiE as well as Many of their structures, including the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, hundreds of temples and monuments are still standing today, even after thousands yea rs. pyramids were large stone structures that were built in honor of the pharaoh of F## (king or queen), and a place where his body was placed after he/she died. lt was also believed that the pyramids helped guide his/her soulto the Underworld, the place the Kemetic people believed everybody went to when they died. They were the world's first skyscrapers and were extremely difficult to build. Some of the pyramids were over 400 feet tall, which is almost twice as tall as the statue of Liberty! scientists today still have a hard time explaining how the Kemetic people designed and built pyramids with their lack of electronic and gas-powered technology. The Step pyramid was the first pyramid ever built, it was deslgned for the pharaoh Djoser (pronounced Zoser) by the world's first multi-genius, lmhotep. The Great Pyramid, was built for the pharaoh Khufu, it is the largest pyramid in the world and can be found at the city of Giza in Egypt. lt is surrounded by several other pyramids that were built for other pharaohs. The Great Pyramid, took around 20 years to build with more than 15,000 people working on it almost around the clock' Most pyramids were constructed out of a yetlowish type of rock called limestone, that could be found in many places around Kemet called quarries. The limestone would be cut by hand into large stone blocks that weighed about 4000 pounds each and loaded onto boats or logs and transported to the site where the pyramid was to be built. ln orderto add levels onto the pyramid, large ramps had to be built so that the heavy blocks could be pushed and pulled up to the hext level. once all of the levels had been constructed, a large triangular piece was placed at the top, which was usually and place made out of gold or silver. The final step was to smooth out the sides with white limestone the pharaoh inside the pyrarnid as his final resting place. The pyramids could be seen from many miles away, shining like white diamonds in the desert sun' being whipped There is an image that often accompanies the building of the pyramids of slaves as they pulled and pushed the heavy blocks that were needed to r,--'-'-:-. ]:= ' - build the pyramids. This image is false, as the people who built thepyramidSWereskilled,paidworkers.Manyofthepeoplewho =- built the pyramids volunteered to work on these projects because...,u,-.-=,.,., they wanted to honor the pharaoh, who many people believed ' -F.., '=:'j:i"iE-' = vuas the representation of God on earth. ' 'it- -.- - Another well-known structure from Kemet was the :+ sphinx. The sphinx is a sculpture that can also be found at the city are unsure of Giza near the Great pyramid. lt has the body of a lion and the head of a man. Scientists Pyramid' The how old it is and who it was built for, but some people think it was built before the Great Greek story known as the Riddle Sphinx is sometimes seen as a mythical monster because of the Ancient was seen as of the Sphinx, however that image does not exist in Kemetic mythology. lnstead the Sphinx 13 EarlYWest,:t,:ilflIJk?j';ffi'thatAfricahasneverproducedany8reat(,-..ffi impact on the world history whatsoeveYThis civilizations or has had any significant lt is a racist belief is sometimes r.ut"rr"O t as the "Dark Continenf stereotype' have iEHHffi and look like savages who have no culture stereotype that tries to ,"r." Africans is false; Africa has * progress of humankind. The stereotype contributed nothing ,r"," rikery not have progressed without which the worrd wourd most given birth to hundreJs of civirLations, past the stone age' lasted from approximately 3200 most famous civilization is Ancient Kemet (Egypt)that Africa's and had amazing architecture BCE to 30 BCE. Kemet created the worrd,s first retigion, writing, schoors, in Africa hundreds of years ago the pyramids and sphinx. Some other great civ]rizations that existed rike and Songhai' were Ancient Ghana, Ancient Mali' is most known for its huge Ancient Ghana lasted from about E6O ncr to 1203 ACL Ghana trade with Ghana for its gord' rn of gord. peopre wourd come from a, over Africa and Europe to amounts exchangefortheireotd,.r.,"peopleofAncientGhanawoutdoftenseekoutsalttotrade.Africans before the invention discovered that salt could be used to keep meat fresh, and since this was centuries to them that they believed it the refrigerator, ii*., a life changing discoveryl salt was so important of had an began to 1s00 ACE. As the empire or Ghana T;::,:X lr"rl::1:; rrom about 1200 AcE to armost their territory and take over Ghana's goid decline, the rulers of Mali used it ,, ,n oppor.tunity to expand known for their O'*""^1.:lill"]1il and salt trade' Ancient Maliis most well the story of how he came.to power was i first ruler was called Sundiata and the The Li o n Ki n g' f he.*":1,f:::: ? i nspi rati on for the movie :"'::: :f ?::::ffi history of Tthe il::'ffiil: ffir, *y," i, known for being the richest person in the world!MansaMusawasaMuslimandaccordingtohisreligion,hehadtomakea special trip to the rrorv iani oirv'ttt' ?t lu-':'^"^it:]il't]T::'1i;,Yffiii,ffX" people, including 12'000 slaves' each of whom carried 4 ;f;il,;:."*)r,a;t ! pounds of gold,80 camels that each carried,30! ' ,. ,,,. '-ll servants that fornAs of !old, and 500 hundred 10- rode ahead of him, each one carrying a pound gold staff. ln addition, he traveled with when he went to restaurants' 24,000 pounds of gold that he used gave out 20'000 pieces of gold to the markets, and shops. He also poor in everv town in which he stopped' *: " r the value of gold ?il:'-:::-t::.*"'o to become almost he traveled that he caused visited' worthless in three major cities that he Songhaiwasthelastandoneoftr'emostpowerfuloftheancientWestAfricancivilizationsthat lastedfrom1460ACEtol5glACE,ltisknownmostforitsamazingcities,schools,andpowerfularmy. Africa and the rest of famous of its cities was Timbuktu. lt was the center for irading between The most University one of the world's only and first universities:The the world. lt was also where you could find of Sankore. LearningaboutthesegreatancientAfricancivilizationsnotonlyofferstheproperperspectiveof that Africa is African peopre have had on human deveropment, but arso dispers the myth the impact that is populated by and dangerous diseases' Africa justone big jungletitrea wittr roamingwild animals history' and the more of different groups of people, each with its own unique and beautiful thousands people have the more they will grow to appreciate and respect all that African people learn about,h"L, accomPlished. 2A The Ancient Kingdom of Nubia The Ancient Kingdom of Nubia, sometimes referred to the Kingdom of Kush, - was one of the first African civilizations that ever existed. The Kingdom of Nubia could be found south of Egypt in the current country of Sudan. Some of its major cities were Qustal, Meroe, and Khartoum. lt lasted from around 3800 B.C.E. to 652 A.C.Er The word Nubia came from an Ancient Egyptian word nub that means "gold", so Nubia rneant "The Land of Gold". lt was called this because of the great gold mines that could be ;i,i1.!1i,..::..::, q,... found there that supplied Egypt with its gold. The Nubians were the people who... ". "l-' lived in Nubia; however, they called their land Ta-Seti which meant, "Land of the !!!a Bow" this referred to the amazing archers the Nubians had in their armies. Nubia supported Egypt by providing its supplies such as food, gold, spices, ivory, and anjmal skins. Nubia also gave Egypt its system of government, religion, and many of its traditions and celebrations. Basically, Nubia was where Egypt's culture developed. lt was also one of the first completely black civilizations ever. Besides providing Ancient Egypt with its supplies and culture, Nubia was also There was a total of 223 pyramids built in Nubia, while the Egyptians only built around 100 pyramids. Many people assume that the Nubian pyramids were tombs and that the l