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West Africa

100 BCE till 1200 CE. West Africa. West African Kingdoms. Greatest Extent Ghana kingdom 11 th century. Niger River: Uplands and Delta. W. African Trade routes – pre-Atlantic System. Ghana – 4/5 th century -1076-1200’s. Little is actually known about Ghana – sources are scarce

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West Africa

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  1. 100 BCE till 1200 CE West Africa

  2. West African Kingdoms

  3. Greatest Extent Ghana kingdom 11th century

  4. Niger River: Uplands and Delta

  5. W. African Trade routes – pre-Atlantic System

  6. Ghana – 4/5th century -1076-1200’s Little is actually known about Ghana – sources are scarce Monopoly over notoriously well-concealed gold mines. possed sophisticated methods of administration and taxation, large armies Kumbi Saleh is capital Traders brought Islam with them – had a separate community in the capital with its own mosques and schools. Later kings used Muslims as scribes in government and administration.

  7. Decline is due to • drought in the 11th & 12th century • New gold fields mined out of reach of Ghana • 1054-1076 Almoravids from Morocco attack Ghana to gain control over Ghana’s dominace of trans-Saharan gold trade . Ghana

  8. Al-Bakri on Ghana – 10th C Geographer “The king adorns himself like a woman wearing necklaces round his neck and bracelets on his forearms and he puts on a high cap decorated with gold and wrapped in a turban of fine cotton. He holds an audience in a domed pavilion around which stand ten horses covered with gold-embroidered materials and on his right, are the sons of the vassal kings of his country, wearing splendid garments and their hair plaited with gold.” “The city of Ghana consists of two towns situated on a plain. One of these towns, which is inhavited by Muslims, is large and possesses twelve mosques in one of which they assemble for the Friday prayer. “The king has a palace and a number of domned dwellings all surrounded with an enclosure like a city wall. Around the king’s town are domed buildings and groves and thickets where the sorceres of these people men in charge of the religious cult, live.

  9. Spread of Islam in Africa

  10. 1235-1390’s-1490’s • Founded in 1235 by Sundiata • Focused on agriculture and control of trade • Like Ghana all gold nuggets belonged to the king, but gold dust could be traded • Gained control over the salt trade • Improved agriculture on the Niger by planting rice, beans, yams, onions, grain and cotton • A class of professional traders emerged in Mali • Cowries shells were established as a currency for trading and taxation in the 14th century. Mali

  11. Greatest extent of Mali

  12. Greatest source of gold for the west for centuries • Mansa Musa – 14th century king goes on pilgrimage • 100 camel loads of gold=300lbs each • Value of gold is said to have dropped 20-30% in Cairo • 500 male slaves each carrying a 5lb gold staff • 14,000 slave girls Mali and gold

  13. Fine pottery, iron work, jewelry • Music poetry and art • Mosques and schools • The Epic of Sundiata • Visited by Ibn Battuta during Mansa Musa’s reign • “ He is a miserly king, not much giving is to be expected from hmi. It happened that I stayed this period and did not seen him because of my sickness.” Culture

  14. Mansa Musa – a European map

  15. Djingareyber Mosque & Jingarey Mosque - Timbuktu

  16. Djenne, Mali – city founded in 800 ce

  17. Conquered Mali Used the power of the empire to spread Islam in the area Timbuktu is the center for learning and education Defeated by invaders from Morocco using guns. Songhay -1591

  18. Songhay at it’s greatest extent

  19. African Art / Nok Terracotta Head Origin: Northern NigeriaÝDate: 500 BC to 200 CE

  20. African Art / Nok Terracotta Sculpture of a Horned Head Origin: Northern NigeriaDate: 500 BCe to 500 ce

  21. Nok Terracotta Figure Origin: NigeriaCirca: 300 BCe to 200 ce

  22. Nok Terra Cotta Sculpture Origin: Northern NigeriaCirca: 400 BCe to 200 ce

  23. Nok Terracotta Seated Male Figure Origin: NigeriaCirca: 100 BCe to 300 ce

  24. African Art / Bura Conical Vessel with a Face Origin: Burkina Faso/NigerDate: 3 rd Century ce to 11 th Century CE

  25. African Art / Cross Rivers Terracotta Anthropomorphic Vessel Origin:Calabar, NigeriaDate: 10 th Century ce to 11 th Century ce

  26. African Art / Tenenkun Terracotta Zoomorphic Sculpture Origin: Central MaliDate: 12 th Century AD to 14 th Century CE

  27. African Art / Komaland Terracotta Sculpture with Two Heads Origin: Northern GhanaDate: 12th Century AD to 16th Century ce

  28. Ife / Benin Bronze Mask - LO.1313Origin: NigeriaCirca: 14 th Century to 17 th Century

  29. www.artofancientafrica.com/ http://www.metmuseum.org http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter3.shtml Sources

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