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Culture

Interactive

  • Islam
  • spread to North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa around the seventh century
  • spread to Central Africa after Mali empire ended in the beginning of the seventeenth century
  • native beliefs were incorporated into Islam
  • mosques were based on Middle Eastern designs but they had a local spin to it
  • Christianity
  • big in East Africa
  • it is said the St. Mark preached here
  • Leader's impacts
  • peace was there during Mansa Musa, but Suleiman’s successor brought violence
  • Musa made schools in many cities
  • Education
  • Islamic scholarship flourished in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • mosques and churches were centers of education
  • increase in literacy due to this
  • Some believed in magic and that it was incorporated in iron smelters and blacksmiths

  • Most people lived in moderate areas with some rainfall
  • some were in settled agricultural societies
  • others had pastoral societies
  • the remaining people hunted, gathered, and fished
  • Rivers were big life sources for the people
  • Niger in West Africa
  • Nile went through Central Africa up to North Africa
  • Zambezi in South and Central Africa
  • By 1200 most people had agriculture
  • people were able to produce food in all of Africa's biomes
  • grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert
  • planted plants, fruits, bananas, yams, coffee, and other crops
  • Metals
  • copper was used to decorate things like weapons
  • gold was searched more because of its benefits
  • iron was used for weapons

Economic

Political

Social

  • Trade brought economic prosperity to many areas
  • Gold and salt were two important items that were traded
  • Mali Empire taxed gold and salt that entered its borders
  • Indian Ocean Network
  • big until the Mongol control was gone
  • India mainly traded with Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Trade Network
  • many empires recieved its wealth because of this trade network
  • ex: Ghana and Mali
  • Bantu migrations
  • are the reason for regional exchanges of plants, fruits, and crops
  • brought grains and plants to South Africa to trade
  • Malki, Bernu, and Ethiopia all sold and transported slaves
  • Ghana 750-1076 CE
  • began when clans of the Soninke came together
  • the king was considered the war chief and his word was law
  • mayors, ministers, counselors, and civil servants were appointed by the king and had authority over some
  • Mali 1235-1610 CE
  • was part of a small Malinke kingdom inside the Ghana Empire until it grew
  • had kings not elected rulers
  • Mansa Musa was the greatest king to this empire
  • Great Zimbabwe 11th-15th centuries
  • center of authority for the Shona empire
  • Shona empire was one of the greatest civilizations in Africa
  • Elite classes increased as wealth increased
  • Muslims
  • filled the elite classes
  • Men
  • at the top of the social class because they continued to hunt
  • Women
  • were in the middle because of their jobs
  • women farmed, transported food, and bought/sold food and crafts at markets
  • Slaves
  • at the bottom of the social class
  • some were able to move up the social ladder and became wealthy because of military skills
  • treated differently than those in Europe

Works Cited

  • http://www.hinzmansapworldhistory.com/uploads/1/3/4/1/13414294/africa_600-1450.pptx
  • http://www.pburgsd.net/cms/lib04/NJ01001118/Centricity/Domain/179/AFRICA%20600-1450.ppt
  • https://app.schoology.com/course/156734948/materials/gp/214554732
  • http://www.ushistory.org/civ/7a.asp
  • http://mali.pwnet.org/history/history_mali_empire.htm
  • http://www.afrik-news.com/article18317.html

Africa 600 CE-1450 CE

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