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Began around 500 B.C.E Started just north of Niger and Benue Rivers First civilization to practice ironworking was the Nok culture Iron used for several purposes

2000 BC – People fleeing Sahel – climate getting hotter and drier Once hunter-gatherers but learned to DOMESTICATE, or tame, animals and use agriculture Took with them knowledge of raising crops and animals Bantu settlements go back to AD 800 Spread across 1/3 of Africa 150 millions Bantu language speakers today

Nile Valley remained fertile area – gave birth to Egyptian civilization 2000 BC-1000 BC – Egyptians move South, bring other cultures under their control Kingdom of Kush (present- day Sudan) – brought rule into Egyptian territory Built civilization around capital - Meroe 300s AD – Trade routes of Kush attacked by AXUM – powerful trading empire in Northern Ethiopia

Trading empires AD 800s-1500s 1. Ghana Controlled trade routes across Sahara $$$ - Gold for salt 2. Mali Replaced Ghana $$$ - gold for salt Famous leader - Mansa Musa Famous city - Timbuktu 3. Songhai Took over Mali Famous leader – Muhammad Toure Muslim

700s AD – emergence of GHANA Grew rich by trading gold for salt from camel caravans across Sahara Much gold in Ghana Wealth shown in capital of KUMBI Empire created tax collection system and charged tariffs

Word of Africa’s wealth reached Europe in Middle Ages Trade with Africa started AD 1200s Age of Exploration Portuguese Set up trading stations on African coast Enslaved Africans Travelers reach trading centers inland (West Africa) Timbuktu, Kano, Gao coast (East Africa): Kilwa, Mombasa, Sofala

Arab slave trade From 800s AD Slaves from East Africa to Near East European Slave Trade Need slaves, gold, ivory, textiles Slaves to New World Work on sugar, tobacco, rice, and cotton plantations Middle Passage Horrible journey across Atlantic – millions die

Europe – 19 th century Colonies as markets for goods and raw materials Site for Christian missionaries National prestige Carving up of Africa (1885) Ignored ethnic boundaries Led to conflict between ethnic groups Created “tribes” Economic exploitation Production of cash crops Only Liberia and Ethiopia remained independent

Positives under Colonial Rule Educational opportunities City development Lingering Difficulties Economies that serve European interests Colonial government Excluded most Africans Few democratic models Borders issue Africa kept most European nation-state boundaries Case study: Nigeria British created country from tribal patchwork North Muslims, South Christian  Civil War – 1960 Military rule – coups, coups, and more coups