NEW150Y1 Lecture : new2.docx
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It is an idea that is an agreement between people: dynamic, always going through phases. Romans are credited for the term africa. ". Originally used as a name due to climate. Wasn"t known as land of the blacks" until the scholars. Bilad al sudan created by muslim scholars/travellers: land of the blacks , name created by ibn battuta (1325-1354) Most of the african documentation came from this scholar. Source of the many african ideas and history: name africa was constructed by foreigners without actual. Africans have their own words to describe themselves and the continent. The name originated from the actual physical space instead of the race. Bordered on the northern part of the mediterranean sea: separate by europe. East side: red sea: separated by asia. Atlantic ocean: separates from the west. 7% of earth space: majority of the earth is water.
