Kingdoms & States in Africa

Kush• Time Period: 750 BCE – 150

AD• Location: East Africa (Upper

Nile Valley)

Kush

• Capital: Meroë

• Economy (Major Exports): iron ore, ivory, gold, slaves

Kush

• Achievements/Contributions: made iron weapons and tools, major trading center

Kush

• Key Information: –conquered Egypt in 750 BC–conquered BY Axum in 300s AD

Axum m

• Time Period: 150 AD – 600 AD

• Location: East Africa: Arabian Peninsula

Axum

• Capital: Adulis

• Economy (Major Exports): ivory, frankincense, myrrh, slaves

Axum• Achievement

s/Contributions: major trading center on Red Sea (great location!)

Axum

• Key Information: – was a Christian empire– was a blend of Arab & African

culture– King Ezana captured Kush

Ghana

• Time Period: • 400 AD – 1200

AD• Location: West

Africa: Upper Niger River

Ghana

• Capital: Saleh

• Economy/Major Exports: iron products, gold, ivory, slaves, ostrich feathers,

Ghana

• Achievements/Contributions: made iron tools & weapons, major trading center

Ghana

• Key information: –often traded gold for salt!–controlled gold trade routes

across West Africa

Mali

• Time Period: 1200 AD – 1450 AD

• Location: West Africa: Atlantic to Timbuktu

• Capital: Timbuktu

Mali

• Economy/Major Exports: gold & salt

• Achievements/Contributions: built mosques, encouraged learning

Mali

• Key Information: – Muslim kingdom– Mansa Musa: king who doubled size

of kingdom– spread islamic culture

Songhai

• Time period: 1000 AD – 1600 AD

• Location: West Africa on Niger River

• Capital: Gao

• Exports: gold& salt

Songhai

• Achievements & Contributions – Major trading empire

• Key Information – • Sunni Ali – expanded the empire

– Empire reached its height under Muhammad Ture

– Muslim Empire

Zimbabwe

• Time Period: 1300 AD – 1450 AD

• Location: South Africa

• Capital: Great Zimbabwe

Exports: Gold

Zimbabwe

• Achievements and Contributions – – Walls built around city were 17 feet thick– Major trading center

• Key Information – – City abandoned in the 15th Century