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Africa

“Unless you know the road you’ve come down, you cannot know where you are going.” -Temne Proverb

The African Environment

Physical Environment Savannas Mountains Lakes Deserts

General Cultural Patterns Bridewealth Polygyny

The Peopling of Africa

In the Beginning … Tassili n-Ajjer Teff Noog Sesame Ensete Critters Iron: Meroe & Nok

Bantu Dispersion Cameroon Lake Victoria Ironworking Bananas Yams

Ethiopia & NE Africa Aksum Ezana (320-350) Lalibela Made-Siyon Gults Zar’a Ya’kob

Empires of the Western Sudan

Ghana Military leader Gold Al-Masudi Salt Slaves Al-Bakri

Mali Sumaguru Musa (1307-1337) Ibn Battuta Sulayman

Songhai Sunni Ali Askia Muhammad Ahmad al-Mansur

Kanem-Bornu Dunama Dibalemi Queen Amina

West African Forest Kingdoms Ife Benin Ozama Oba Ewuare

Swahili City-States Coast “Periplus of the Erythrean Sea” Kilwa Ibn Battuta

Kingdoms of Central & Southern Africa Mapungubwe Great Enclosure Advisers Nyatsimbe Mutota Mwene mutapa Manikongo

Conclusion Adaptation Agriculture Herding Ironworking Trade Religion

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