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Bantu Migrations and the Empires of Africa The Earth and Its Peoples p. 198-204 p. 353-367. Pre-Historic Africa. East African and Sub-Saharan Kingdoms. Migrations Into & Within Africa. Bantu Migrations: 1000 BCE To 500 CE.
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Bantu Migrations and the Empires of Africa The Earth and Its Peoples p. 198-204 p. 353-367
Migrations Into & Within Africa
Bantu Migrations: 1000 BCE To 500 CE
Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia] Coptic Christian Priest
AXUM’SACHIEVEMENTS Built Stelae Controlled NE African Trade Written Language Terrace Farming Spread Christianity in No. & E. Africa
Eastern and Southern City-States
Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa SWAHILI [“the coast’] = Bantu + some Arabic
Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450] “Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure”
West African Empires & Civilizations
Gold-Salt Trade Berbers SALT GOLD
Ghana Empire [4c-11c] Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast
Mali Empire [13c-15c] SALT GOLD
Islamic Invasions
Sundiata [1210-1260] “Lion Prince”
Songhai Empire [15c-16c] SALT GOLD
Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538] Gao, Mali
Africa during the Age of European Exploration