After escaping in the 1600s from Agokoli, the tyrannical king of Notsie, the Ewe-speakers founded settlements near the mouth of the Volta River (see map in WOM, p. 82). What was the political structure of the Ewe society? What is the unit Ewe social life?
What will be an ideal response?
• territorial divisions headed by a chief (as differentiated from a "hierarchical concentration of power within a large state," that we will see in the Mande and Dagbamba kingdoms)
• The unit of Ewe social life is the extended family—people related in lineage to a common ancestor.
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Romantic period composers focused on three of the four qualities below. Which one was NOT their focus?
A) flowing melodies B) emotional subjects and music C) simplicity and clarity of form D) rich harmonies
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Class distinctions in Tudor England were transformed by
a) the sale of monastic lands to the new gentry. b) a law of Parliament. c) Elizabeth’s decree abolishing the feudal system. d) imposition of Church doctrine.
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