Africa

Ms. Ahmed and Ms. PojerMs. Ahmed and Ms. Pojer

A Satellite View

Africa’s Size

# Second largest continent 11,700,000 sq. mi.

# 10% of the world’s population.

# 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.

5000

MILES

4 6 0 0 M I L E S

From Hunters and Gatherers TO

The Neolithic Revolution (10,000 BC)

What makes a Civilization?

~Cities ~Central Governmentt ~Traditional economy ~Organized Religion ~Social Classes ~Art/Architecture

~Roads, Bridges ~System of writing ~Specialized Jobs

~Cities ~Central Governmentt ~Traditional economy ~Organized Religion ~Social Classes ~Art/Architecture

~Roads, Bridges ~System of writing ~Specialized Jobs

The Mighty Nile River:

“Longest River in the World”

Egyptian Civilization

A Differing Geography

Snow at the Equator?

Snow at the Equator?

Great Rift

Valley

Great Rift

Valley

Traditional Society & Culture

Village Government

Family Patterns

Religious Beliefs

Village Government

Family Patterns

Religious Beliefs

Berbers

GOLDGOLD

SALTSALT

Gold-Salt Trade

Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast

Ghana Empire [4c-11c]

Salt

Mali Empire [13c-15c]

GOLDGOLD

SALTSALT

MANSA MUSAMANSA MUSA

Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay” and Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali

Songhai Empire [15c-16c]

GOLDGOLD

SALTSALT

Kingdom of Axum [300-700]

AXUM’SACHIEVEMENTS

AXUM’SACHIEVEMENTS

Controlled NE African

Trade

Controlled NE African

Trade

WrittenLanguageWritten

Language

Spread Christianityin No. & E.

Africa

Spread Christianityin No. & E.

Africa

TerraceFarmingTerraceFarming

BuiltStelaeBuilt

Stelae

Hausa and Benin Empire [15c-19c]

Bantu

Migrations:

1000 BCE

To

500 CE

~The Arts

~Literary Traditions

~Education

~Commerce

~The Arts

~Literary Traditions

~Education

~Commerce

African Trade [15c-17c]

Pre-19c European Trade with Africa

IndustrialRevolutionIndustrialRevolution

Source forRaw

Materials

Source forRaw

Materials

Markets forFinishedGoods

Markets forFinishedGoods

EuropeanNationalismEuropean

Nationalism

MissionaryActivity

MissionaryActivity

Military& NavalBases

Military& NavalBases

EuropeanMotives

For Colonization

EuropeanMotives

For Colonization

Places toDump

Unwanted/Excess Popul.

Places toDump

Unwanted/Excess Popul.

Soc. & Eco.Opportunities

Soc. & Eco.Opportunities

HumanitarianReasons

HumanitarianReasons

EuropeanRacism

EuropeanRacism

“WhiteMan’s

Burden”

“WhiteMan’s

Burden”

SocialDarwinism

SocialDarwinism

Triangular Trade and Slavery

Slave Ship PlanSlave Ship Plan

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The Middle PassageThe Middle Passage

The Berlin Conference

The Berlin Conference and the Battle for Southern Africa

Resistance and the Boer War

Results of World War Results of World War IIII

Results of World War Results of World War IIII

Defeat of dictatorships.

Unparalleled destruction.

The decline of colonial powers.

The rise of the superpowers and the Cold War.

Much of Europe, North Africa

and East Asia lay in ruins.

Defeat of dictatorships.

Unparalleled destruction.

The decline of colonial powers.

The rise of the superpowers and the Cold War.

Much of Europe, North Africa

and East Asia lay in ruins.

The Decline of the The Decline of the Colonial PowersColonial Powers

The Decline of the The Decline of the Colonial PowersColonial Powers

Pan-Africanism

African National Congress

The Congo, Hutus and Tutsis

King Leopold II:(r. 1865 – 1909)

5-8 Million Victims! (50% of Popul.)

It is blood-curdling to see them (the soldiers) returning with the hands of the slain, and to find the hands of young children amongst the bigger ones evidencing their bravery...The rubber from this district has cost hundreds of lives, and the scenes I have witnessed, while unable to help the oppressed, have been almost enough to make me wish I were dead... This rubber traffic is steeped in blood, and if the natives were to rise and sweep every white person on the Upper Congo into eternity, there would still be left a fearful balance to their credit. -- Belgian Official

Desertification