Slide 1Hot Seat Slide 2 Slide 3 A period in European history from about the 400s to the 1400s. Slide 4 Middle Ages Slide 5 The practice of giving land in return for military…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Do Now: Make a list of 5 things that make a civilization great. Aim: How did great empires influence the history of Africa? Homework : Handout – Ibn Battuta…

Slide 1Cultures of the Americas, Africa, and Europe Part 2: Africa Slide 2 West Africa Geography Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean Sahara Desert Savannah Tropical Rain Forest…

Slide 1US Drill Unit I Slide 2 Chapter 1 Slide 3 The first empire to emerge in the Americas was Slide 4 the Olmec Slide 5 believed to be the first civilization to have a…

Slide 1Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Slide 2  West Africa is the region of Africa on the Atlantic Coast between the Sahara to the north and rain forest to the south. Because…

Slide 1+ Ghana, Mali, & Songhai Slide 2 + Empire of Ghana (red outline) What do you notice about Ghana’s location? Geography? Natural resources? Significance? SALT…

Slide 1Famous Empires of Africa Aksum, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali and Songhai Slide 2 Slide 3 Aksum: ~100-940 AD Geographically Lucky: – Environment allowed for farming –…

Slide 1 WEST AFRICAN TRADING KINGDOMS Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Slide 2 Ghana and Muslim Influence  The Sahara region trade is dominated by two products: GOLD and SALT…

Slide 1 The Empires of Mali and Songhai Slide 2 I. Mali Builds on Ghana’s Foundation A. Sundiata- chief of the Malinke people. Establishes Mali and pushes its borders through…

Slide 1 Slide 2  A- Military leaders in the neolithic age  B- Rivers along which trade developed  C- Writers of epic poems  D- Early civilizations in Africa Slide…