Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Jan 12, 2016
Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Pre-Historic Africa
Kingdom of Kush[295 BCE – 320 CE]
Nubia[modern-day
Sudan]
Pyramids of Kush at Meroë
Pyramids of Kush at Meroë
Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE
Kingdom of Axum [300-700]
Stele, Ezana’s Royal Tomb,Aksum (4c)
Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]
Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]
Coptic Christian Priest
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
Berbers
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Gold-Salt Trade
Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast
Ghana Empire [4c-11c]
Salt
Mali Empire [13c-15c]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
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]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]
Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]
Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538]
Gao, Mali
Benin Empire [15c-19c]
Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)
Benin Bronze Leopard
BantuMigration
s:
1000 BCE
To
500 CE
Islamic
Invasions
African Trade Routes
Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa
SWAHILI [“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]