“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”  – William Shakespeare

Literature 1450 to 1750 

Ch. 17 Africa in the Early Colonial Period By a Tovar, Rivera High School

Words to know Niger River Songhay Sunni Ali Vasco Da Gama Triangular Trade Atlantic Trade System Middle Passage  African Diaspora Abolition 

African Civilizations at the Beginning of the Era Songhay Empire—near city of Gao, near the Niger River.  In the 1400s, Sunni Ali came into power and conquered the Mali Empire and quickly surpassed it in greatness.  Conquered by the firearm-wielding Moroccans from Northern Africa.  Sunni Ali, Songhay Emperor Location of Songhay

Europeans Arrive Portuguese King Henry the Navigator pursued a policy of exploration and financed many trips around Africa into Asia.  Portuguese merchants set up many trading posts, conquered the city-states of the Swahili Coast in the Indian Ocean—Kilwa, Mombasa, in West Africa traded slaves with Dahomey 

Slave Trade Add into your note: Create a concept map or chart about the Atlantic Slave Trade using your book!  Make sure you answer the questions in your handout with your concept map!  Page 323 Slave Trade