Essays Tagged: "Pygmies"

Pygmies.

ica, from Cameroon in the west to Zambia in the southeast. In Zaire, there are three main groups of Pygmies: the Tswa in the west, the Twa between Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika, and the Mbuti (also re ... orest. According to Schebesta, the author of the earliest reliable reports, only the Mbuti are true Pygmies, i.e., under 150 cm. in height and relatively unmixed with neighboring peoples. The other gr ...

(4 pages) 41 1 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Assess the importance of the Punt expedition to the reign to Hatshepsut.

The exotic products that they received included myrrh, incense, ebony, ivory, gold and even dancing pygmies, according to Tyldesley. These products were rare and objects such as these heightened the l ...

(5 pages) 29 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt