Africa

Africa is the second largest continent, with the islands, Africa accounts for more than 1 / 5 the area of Earth. Most of the continent's surface is the high plateau is much different. The northern continent is the Sahara - the world's largest desert, rather than a star system membranes. South of the equator is the Kalahari and Namib deserts. Between the Sahara Desert and the south is the vast steppe grasslands with large and giant baobab trees, herds of hoofed animals, elephants, rhinos, giraffes,the numerously incalculable pantherine and the lion- all is ones plenty special of the Africa in fantasy the our plurality. In the area continent's equator, In cauldron Congo and a number of Dampest jungle another regions develop.

Africa has abundant natural resources the most. Focus on continental reserve 70% of the world's diamonds, gold 55%, shosphor mines, copper ore, nickel and iron-largest. North Africa is a giant lake of oil.

Many researchers believe that Africa 5 -7 million years ago is the cradle of human society. Nile Basin - home to the Egyptian empire was one of ancient civilization and the greatest on earth. In terms of culture and ethnicity, compared with other parts of the world, Africa is the most complex systems. There may diverge more than 3,000 ethnic groups and more than 1,000 languages. The majority black population in the southern Sahara and the continent in general. On the northern desert and the desert Arabs and Berbers live. In addition, the influence of Arabic in East Africa is also very strong.

History of Africa last five centuries have passed under the colonial regime. The years 50-70 of the 20th century, the colonies became independent countries. Except a few, all countries have inherited the economic backwardness of the society. The level of economic development, Africa is just over Antarctica. Accelerated principal of the continent is still largely rural population, despite the growth of cities in the last decade. Agriculture sector is almost unique in the vast majority of countries .Every year, hunger, disease took the lives of hundreds of thousands of Africans. Ethnic conflicts and beliefs is one of the main scourge of Africa today. Generally speaking ethnic wars are caused because the border after the European colonial done not consider local factors.