Early African Kingdoms & Empires

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Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

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Early African Kingdoms & Empires. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Pre-Historic Africa. North African Kingdoms. 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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

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Pre-Historic Africa

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Kingdom of Kush[295 BCE – 320 CE]

Nubia[modern-day

Sudan]

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Pyramids of Kush at Meroë

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Pyramids of Kush at Meroë

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Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE

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Kingdom of Axum [300-700]

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Stele, Ezana’s Royal Tomb,Aksum (4c)

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Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]

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Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]

Coptic Christian Priest

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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

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Berbers

GOLDGOLD

SALTSALT

Gold-Salt Trade

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Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast

Ghana Empire [4c-11c]

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Salt

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Mali Empire [13c-15c]

GOLDGOLD

SALTSALT

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Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay”

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Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque

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Tuaregs

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Marketplace near the Niger River

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Mosque in Gao

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Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali

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Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali

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Sundiata [1210-1260]

“Lion Prince”

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Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]

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European Map

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Songhai Empire [15c-16c]

GOLDGOLD

SALTSALT

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Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]

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Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]

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Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538]

Gao, Mali

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Benin Empire [15c-19c]

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Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)

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Benin Bronze Leopard

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BantuMigration

s:

1000 BCE

To

500 CE

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Islamic

Invasions

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African Trade Routes

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Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa

SWAHILI [“the coast’] = Bantu + some Arabic

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Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar

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Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450]

“Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure”

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Great Zimbabwe Street

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Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe

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Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]

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Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c

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African Trade [15c-17c]