Chapter 2246 God-given Africa
(Sorry for stopping updating for a few days. It’s really because I feel uncomfortable with a cold!)
Qin Feng felt relieved.
Qin Feng is naturally willing to cooperate if he can make money, maintain relationships, and have his own base in the future.
"Boss, from now on we will join forces to do something big!" Daniel Pickard said cheerfully.
Qin Feng grinned and raised his glass.
Both sides drank it all in one gulp.
"Boss, look at this Africa, it's so beautiful!" Daniel Picard exclaimed, "Prairies, countless wild animals, mountains, lakes, snow-capped mountains, jungles, everything is here. Africa is a gift from God!"
Qin Feng nodded.
Indeed, Africa is a gift from God!
Africa is located in the southwest of the Eastern Hemisphere, south of Europe and west of Asia. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Indian Ocean to the east, stretching north and south of the equator.
From a geographical point of view, Africa's location is excellent.
Throughout human history, Asia and Europe have dominated almost all the history of imperial hegemony in the ancient world. Africa, wedged between Europe and Asia, has benefited from both sides and has a very advantageous geographical location.
Relying on its superior geographical location, many powerful dynasties and empires have indeed emerged in Africa, including ancient civilizations such as "Ancient Egypt" and the ancient country "Carthage" that dared to compete with Greece and Rome for hegemony.
Carthage was founded by the Phoenicians, and its territory included the western coast of North Africa, southern Spain, most of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands. Carthage had a powerful navy and was firmly entrenched
He controlled the Western Mediterranean and became the trade center of the Western Mediterranean. This trade center was as prosperous as it was during the prosperous Tang Dynasty in later generations.
In addition to huge maritime trade income, Carthage also had developed agriculture in North Africa. In the seventh century BC, Carthage had developed into a powerful slave state.
But the embarrassing thing is that of so many powerful countries, not one of them was created by Africans.
What are the black brothers doing?
Fishing, hunting, and picking wild fruits. Except for a few unlucky ones who were captured and made slaves by the Phoenicians, most black people lived a comfortable life every day.
And this kind of comfortable life lasted for at least tens of thousands of years.
In the process of progress of human civilization, most ethnic groups on the earth have tried to stand up and show their presence as much as possible. Even the Native Americans who have been isolated from the world for a long time also founded the Aziz which was very prosperous for a while.
Turk civilization, Inca civilization and Mayan civilization. The black African indigenous people have never taken the initiative to add fuel or fire to human progress. Occasionally they appear in other people's history, mostly as passive slaves.
Regardless of Egypt, Carthage or other African dynasties, most of them were countries established on the ocean coasts around the continent. These countries cannot be regarded as the crystallization of African civilization, but the results of maritime commercial civilization. Once you enter the interior of Africa, it is difficult to return to Africa.
It is difficult to find an ancient powerful country that had a huge influence on the civilized world - even a social organization that has broken away from the original clan form.
Black people don't have their own writing, and of course they don't have their own history. No one among them knows how to record it, and others don't know how to write it, because the 10,000-year history of black people, the beginning is the end, so how to write it.
History is a process of time. The concept of time has no meaning for black people. There is no difference between one hundred, one thousand or ten thousand years. If there is no external intervention, black people will still be the same in another hundred thousand years.
Same old, nothing will change.
Of course, there will be many people who will defend Africa.
Because there is a saying that "there are no strong countries in the tropical and cold zones". It seems that extreme climate has created an extreme living environment. The African people can completely blame the hot weather for their poverty. Black brothers can survive in such a harsh environment.
It is not easy to get down, let alone development.
David S. Landers, a professor at Harvard University, also said in "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations" that "heat brings more discomfort than cold." He believes that the rich and developed countries on the earth mostly occur in temperate zones; while those in tropical or
Most of the countries in the cold zone are poor and weak. The disparity in strength and weakness among various countries or regions is first caused by the inequality of nature.
And Africa gives everyone the impression of being hot, hot, extremely hot. The full name of Africa is Africa, which means "the place where the sun is scorching"; Africa also has a good name, called "tropical continent", anyway, listen
It's hot, that's right.
The world's highest temperature records all come from Africa: Aziziya in Libya once had a high temperature of 58°C; Berbera in Somalia had an extreme temperature of 63°C...
However, Africa is not as hot as everyone thinks.
From the map, Africa is divided into two parts by the equator. In theory, at least the central, western and eastern parts close to the equator should be very hot. However, the land area of Africa accounts for about 20.2% of the world's total land area. Such a large area of land,
The diversity of terrain and climate cannot be summed up simply by the word "hot".
The Sahara Desert in North Africa is hot! This is the hottest desert in the world. Tropical desert climates are also found in the Namib Desert and Kalahari Desert in Southwest Africa. But why are you going to the desert if you have nothing to do? Besides, black brothers don’t live here either.
In the desert.
West Africa is located in the tropical low pressure zone, which is a bit hot, with annual temperatures ranging from 15°C to 38°C. The Congo Basin in Central Africa has a tropical rainforest climate, which is also a bit hot, with an annual average temperature of 25°C to 28°C, and the highest temperature will not exceed
34℃. Except for the Great Rift Valley, which is considered hot in East Africa, other places have high altitudes and numerous lakes, so the year-round temperature is only 25℃.
Although South Africa is in the south, it is the coldest place in Africa because it is the furthest away from the equator. The lowest temperature in the South African city of Buffalo has reached minus 20.1°C.
Africa is also known as the "Plateau Continent". Plateaus with an altitude of 500 to 1,000 meters account for more than 60% of the land area. Generally speaking, for every 100 meters of altitude increase, the temperature will drop by about 0.6°C. The altitude of South Africa and East Africa is both at 1,000 meters.
Above, the temperature is at least 6°C lower than other areas. The climate characteristics of the East African Plateau are similar to those of the Mexican Plateau and Yunnan: spring-like all year round, with large temperature differences between morning and evening.
Africa also has the famous Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the only snow-capped mountain in the world located on the equator. The highest peak, Kibo Peak, is 5,895 meters above sea level. The top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round. Even when climbing in summer, climbers must wear thick down jackets.
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So, in fact, except for the Sahara Desert, Africa is indeed relatively hot, and other places are not hot, but are very livable.
As for the richness of the products, Qin Feng took a hard bite of the roasted crocodile meat in his hand. Africa is really an unfair continent, it is too rich.
Chapter completed!