Rome Make-up Test Monday and Tuesday January 4 and 5!
Africa
Section 1: Africa’s Early History
Section 2: The Kingdoms of Kush and Aksum
Section 3: Trading States of Africa
Objectives:
Identify what geographic features of Africa affected human cultures.
Describe how historians have learned about the migrations of early African
peoples.
Explain the predominant patterns of life in early African societies.
The Physical Setting
The plateau – savannas, tropical rain forests, jungle areas
Other natural features – Lake Chad, Lake Victoria, Mount Kenya, Mount
Kilimanjaro
Rediscovering the African Past
Language – Bantu
Cultural exchange – discovered through study of music, language, and plants
Other evidence – archaeological evidence
Patterns of Life
Small, independent villages
Women were farmers
Ancestry was traced through mothers instead of fathers
Objectives:
Explain how Kush developed as an independent kingdom.
Analyze the factors that helped Aksum develop as an independent kingdom.
Kush Arises
Important for trade
Isolated from Egyptian rule
Aksum
Ivory trade, strong military
King ´Ēzānā conquered Kush, converted to Christianity
Objectives:
Discuss how trade developed along the East African coast.
Explain how the kingdoms of West Africa became rich and powerful.
East Africa and Great Zimbabwe
Swahili states – Kilwa was a leading port
Great Zimbabwe – gold trade
West Africa
Ghana – gold-for-salt exchange
Mali – Mansa Mūsā
Songhai - trade
