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Early African History
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Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Pre-Historic Africa
Kingdom of Kush[295 BCE 320 CE]Nubia [modern-day Sudan]
Pyramids of Kush at Mero
Pyramids of Kush at Mero
Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE
Kingdom of Axum [300-700]
Stele, Ezanas Royal Tomb,Aksum (4c)
Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]
Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]Coptic Christian Priest
AXUMS ACHIEVEMENTSControlled NE AfricanTradeWrittenLanguageSpread Christianityin No. & E. AfricaTerraceFarmingBuiltStelae
BerbersGOLDSALTGold-Salt Trade
Gold Money, Ghana/Ivory CoastGhana Empire [4c-11c]
Salt
Mali Empire [13c-15c]GOLDSALT
Timbuktu-Heavenly Clay
Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque
Tuaregs
Marketplace near the Niger River
Mosque in Gao
Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Sundiata [1210-1260]Lion Prince
Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]
European Map
Songhai Empire [15c-16c]GOLDSALT
Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]
Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]
Askia Mohammeds Tomb [1443-1538]Gao, Mali
Benin Empire [15c-19c]
Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)
Benin Bronze Leopard
BantuMigrations: 1000 BCETo500 CE
IslamicInvasions
African Trade Routes
Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. AfricaSWAHILI [the coast] = Bantu + some Arabic
Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar
Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450]Zimbabwe = stone enclosure
Great Zimbabwe Street
Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe
Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]
Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c
African Trade [15c-17c]