Do it Now: Map of Japan

Label the following on the map of Japan using pages 52-53 in the World History Atlas

JapanKoreaChina

Pacific OceanSouth China Sea

Sea of Japan (East Sea)

Also number the four main islands

KINGDOMS OF AFRICA

1000 TO 1500 AD

African Civilizations

Trade brought economic, cultural, and religious influences to the African kingdoms

GREAT ZIMBABWE

Great Zimbabwe 1300-1525 AD (CE)

Located between the Limpopo and Zambezi River, west of the Indian Ocean

Great Zimbabwe was the capital

Very wealthy and powerful. Used nearby resources of gold.

Participated in Maritime trade routes.

Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe

Name means “Large houses of Stone” in the Shona language

MAP SHOWING AXUM AND GHANA

Axum 100-600 AD

Located from the Red Sea and Nile River to the Ethiopian highlands.

Triangular trade with India and Mediterranean world

Capital city also called Axum

Very important trading port- traded crops, gold, ivory, salt

Axum 100-600 AD

Around 324 AD, King Ezana II converted to Christianity

Axum became a Christian empire

What’s left of Axum today

Over 95% is still unexplored and buriedStelae identifiable part of Axum’s history

ANCIENT GHANA

Ancient Ghana

In West Africa along the Niger River

Around the time period of 1000-1235 AD (CE)

Grew wealthy and prosperous due to trade along the Trans-Saharan routes.

Traded gold and salt

Ancient Ghana

Domestication of the Camel helped trade and helped the empire of Ghana to grow.

Islam spreads to the area through trade

ANCIENT MALI

Ancient Mali 1200-1600 AD

Became the most powerful kingdom in Africa

Grew rich due to trade of gold

Was an Islamic empire (spread through trade)

Ancient Mali

Mansa Musa was its richest and most powerful ruler (1280-1337)

Built universities and mosques throughout the empire

In 1324 made the Hajj to Mecca - brought so much gold with him that he caused an economic inflation in the Mediterranean

Songhai

Songhai

Empire from 1340-1591 AD

Gained more power after the decline of Mali

Located in West Africa along the Niger River

Again, became an important empire for trade in west Africa

Timbuktu

Important city located in West Africa along the Niger River

Vast amounts of Trade- had merchants from Asia and Europe

Center of Education- Islamic Universities

Religion in West African Kingdoms

West Africans were originally polytheistic and worshipped gods and goddesses identified with forces of nature

Animism: belief that natural objects possess a spirit

Islam was brought to these areas through trade

Africa Map

You should have all the African Empires located now add the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea