1. Ancient African Civilizations
Warm-Up:
What made America such a powerful nation?

2. What’s the most famous African Civilization you know?
The Nile Valley Civ.= The Egyptians
When?
(Began around 5000 BC)
Where?
The Nile Valley

3. What Should We Know About the Nile Valley Civilization?
Their Gov was ruled by ...PHARAOHS
They were like… GODS
King TUT

4. The Egyptian’s religion revolved around worshipping MANY gods.
What do we call this type of religion???
POLYTHEISM…
Poly means many!
They believed in LIFE AFTER DEATH
RA, the Sun God
Religion
Pyramids were burial tombs.
They held everything for the Pharaoh’s next life!

5. Kingdom of Kush When? Where? Along the Nile, south of the Egyptians
(750 BC-200 AD)
Where?
Along the Nile, south of the Egyptians
Who do you think influenced them the most?

6. Influenced by the Egyptians and Assyrians
How do we know?
Adapted Egyptian Pyramids
Adapted Egyptian hieroglyphics into their own alphabet
Also, they learned from the Assyrians.
What do you think they learned??
Iron-making

7. Religion of the Kush Polytheism
Like the Egyptians, the Kush worshipped the sun-god, Ra

8. Kingdom of Axum Began around the early 300’s AD.
When?
Began around the early 300’s AD.
Where?
Describe the relative location of this kingdom.
They conquered the Kush
Located in the modern day country of ETHIOPIA

9. How about their Religion?
Try to guess…
Hint: the kingdom began in early 300’s AD
Hint: location
Oldest community of Christians in Africa.

10. Kingdom of Ghana When? 500 AD – 1076 AD Where?
Western Sahara and along the Niger River
What made them wealthy?
Controlled the GOLD mines in the region

11. Empire of Mali 1300’s West Africa When? Where?
They conquered the former kingdom of Ghana.
Why?

12. They took over and controlled the SALT trade.
Salt??? What’s so important about Salt?
Salt preserves meat!
How about their religion??
Guess…..
ISLAM

13. Were they successful? The Qu’ran
For awhile
They were wealthy from the salt trade
Had a system of laws based on…
The Qu’ran
TIMBUKTU became an important center of learning!
Yes, Timbuktu is a real place!

14. Eastern city-states Approx. 600 ad – 1500 ad (900 years!!)
Why are they all located along the coast?
TRADING! Of course!
Wait, what’s a city-state?
A city, wealthy and powerful enough to control a large territory.
City-states had their own governments and even ARMIES!!

15. Know any famous city-states?
Athens and Sparta
Venice, Florence and Milan

16. What were they trading? Slaves, Spices, Ivory and Gold
Who did they trade with?
MIDDLE EAST AND EVEN AS FAR AS INDIA AND CHINA

17. How did all this interaction with the Middle East effect their culture?
They adopted Islam as their religion.
A new language developed there.
Swahili = Arabic + African language (Bantu)
Swahili is a great example of cultural____________?
Diffusion

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19. The Nile Valley Civilization is most commonly known as these people
Assyrians
Egyptians
Phoenicians
Khalifians
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20. The Egyptians government was ruled by who?
Kings
Presidents
Pharoahs Ra
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21. What did the Nile Valley civilization believe happens to you when you die?
Nothing
Reincarnation
Go to heaven
Go to the afterlife
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22. Pyramids were made for what?
Buriel Tombs
Temples
Monuments
Entertainment
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23. The Kingdom of Kush existed when?
5-10 B.C.
200 – 300 B.C.
700 B.C. – 200 A.D.
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24. Where was the Kingdom of Kush located?
Kalahari Desert
Along the Nile, south of Egyptians
South Africa
Mediterranean Sea
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25. The Kingdom of Kush was influenced by who?
Egyptians & Assyrians
Sumerians & Malians
Crystal Lakians & Algonquians
Ghanaians & Nigerians
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26. Kingdom of Kush learned this skill from the Assyrians
Ceramic-making
Iron-making
Copper-making
Gold-making
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27. The religion of the Kingdom of Kush was?
Polytheistic
Tritheistic
Monotheistic
Hectatheistic
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28. The Kingdom of Axum was located in which modern day country
Nigeria
France
South Africa
Ethiopia
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29. Who did the Kingdom of Axum conquer
Mali
Egyptians
Kush
Ghana
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30. The Religion of the Kingdom of Axum was?
Islam
Christian
Jewish
Tribal
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31. When was the Kingdom of Ghana created?
200 B.C.
10000 A.D.
500 A.D.
20000 B.C
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32. Kingdom of Ghana had wealth because of which resource?
Oil
Diamonds
Iron
Gold
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33. Empire of Mali started when?
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34. Kingdom of Mali was located where?
South Africa
North Africa
West Africa
East Africa
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35. Kingdom of Mali became successful because of which resource?
Oil
Gold
Salt
Iron
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36. Kingdom of Mali had laws based which religion?
Christianity
Islam
Tribal Religions
Judaism
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37. This city was the central city of the Kingdom of Mali
Timbuktu
Johannesburg
Cairo
Nairobi
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38. Swahili is a language that mixes African Bantu with…
English
Hindi
Egyptian
Arabic
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39. The East African city states became wealthy because of …
Farming
Fishing
Trading
Conquering
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40. One more thing…
On the map provided, draw a circle in the region where each of these 5 ancient civilizations were located.
Label each region.
Then, on the back answer these questions.
1. What did the people of the Kingdom of Axum have in common with the people of the Kingdom of Ghana?
2. What did the people of the Empire of Mali have in common with the people of the Kingdom of Kush?
3. Besides being in different time periods, what would contribute to these cultures being so different from one another? Be specific. List three things.