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The Bantu** Migrations ( 3000BCE 1000CE)(c.3000BCE-c.1000CE)
• Encouraged byEncouraged by population pressures
• Spread agriculture, p g ,herding, and iron technology
• Absorbed hunter-gatherers
• Language differentiation
Austronesian MigrationAustronesian Migration
• Via Indian OceanVia Indian Ocean• Colonization of
Madagascarg• Bananas!!
West Africa: Kingdom of Ghana**West Africa: Kingdom of Ghana
• First emerged c.4thgcentury CE
• Transformed by Islam• World’s largest gold
supplyC i l t f• Commercial center of West Africa
• Leaders convert to• Leaders convert to Islam
• Koumbi-Saleh**
Kingdom of Mali**Kingdom of Mali
• Built by SundiataBuilt by Sundiata• Controlled and taxed
trade• Islam adopted• Mansa Musa**:Mansa Musa :
pilgrimage to Mecca
Mansa Musa
East Africa: Swahili** CultureEast Africa: Swahili Culture
• “coasters”coasters• Blend of Bantu and
Arabic languagesg g• Establish first trading
contacts with Muslim merchants
• Trade as impetus to political growth
East Africa: Kingdom of Zi b b **Zimbabwe**
• Zimbabwe: chief’sZimbabwe: chief s dwelling . . .
• Controlled & taxed trade btw. Interior and coast
• Shaped by Islam