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Early African Kingdoms & Empires Coach Manna

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

Kingdom of Axum [300-700]

Stele, Ezana’s Royal Tomb, Aksum (4c)

Christian Church, Lalibela [Ethiopia]

Christian Church, Lalibela [Ethiopia] Coptic Christian Priest

AXUM’S ACHIEVEMENTS Controlled NE African Built Stelae Trade Written Language Terrace Farming Spread Christianity in No. & E. Africa

West African Empires & Civilizations

Gold-Salt Trade Berbers SALT GOLD

Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast Ghana Empire [4c-11c] Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast

Salt

Mali Empire [13c-15c] SALT GOLD

Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay”

Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque

Tuaregs

Marketplace near the Niger River

Mosque in Gao

Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali

Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali

Sundiata [1210-1260] “Lion Prince”

Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]

European Map

Songhai Empire [15c-16c] SALT GOLD

Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]

Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]

Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538] Gao, Mali

Benin Empire [15c-19c]

Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)

Benin Bronze Leopard

Migrations Into & Within Africa

What are some reasons why humans migrate?

Bantu Migrations: 1000 BCE To 500 CE

Islamic Invasions

Eastern City-States

African Trade Routes

Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa SWAHILI [“the coast’] = Bantu + some Arabic

Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar

Southern African Kingdoms

“Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure” Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450] “Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure”

Great Zimbabwe Street

Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe

Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]

Africa during the Age of European Exploration

Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c

African Trade [15c-17c]