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Analyse the view that the Khoikhoi economy was more diversified than that of the San.

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The view that the Khoikhoi economy was more diversified than that of the San is greatly convincing. The Khoikhoi people refer to the immediate successors of the San who lived in the Zimbabwean plateau. It is true that the Khoikhoi means of survival was more sophisticated and complex than that of the San given that it was multi-faceted and varied featuring; livestock production, viable crop production, improved mining, external trade and revamped hunting which was evidently absent in San communities.

The French Revolution (1789-1799): The course of the revolution

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The best way to study the course of the French Revolution is to consider each revolutionary government as an entity. A wholesale coverage of the ten-year period, apart from confusing, might leave out some very important aspects of the period. Candidates are expected to undertake an in-depth study of each revolutionary government, analyzing the achievements and indeed the failures of each revolutionary government. The four revolutionary governments include the National Assembly (1789 – 1791), the Legislative Assembly (1791 – 1792), the National Convention (1792 – 1794) and finally the Directory (1795 – 1799).

How far do you agree with the view that slave trade was a necessary evil to the Africans?

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The position that slave trade was a necessary evil to the Africans lacks sound argument. Slave trade refers to the manipulative as well as exploitative buying and selling of able-bodied men from the African continent to Europe and the Americas. On one hand, slave trade led to the modernization of Africa as well as introduction […]

Similarities and differences between the First Chimurenga of 1896-1897 and Maji- Maji of 1905-1907

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The two examples of resistance against the institutional development of colonial capitalism had many obvious similarities. To a large extent the causes, aims and organization of the First Chimurenga 1896-97 and the Maji-Maji revolts 1905-07 were similar although the differences were important. The following similarities can be noted for the facts raised in chapter 21: […]

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