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RCOT Africa

RCOT Africa. RCOT Africa. Human life originated in Africa. Kingdoms of Africa. Egypt traded with later conquered Nubia (Ancient Egypt) Kush (in Nubia) later conquered Egypt- cultural diffusion and trade Kush1070BCE-350 CE Axum 100-940CE Nubia in Egypt=Nile River

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RCOT Africa

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  1. RCOT Africa

  2. RCOT Africa • Human life originated in Africa

  3. Kingdoms of Africa • Egypt traded with later conquered Nubia (Ancient Egypt) • Kush (in Nubia) later conquered Egypt- cultural diffusion and trade • Kush1070BCE-350 CE • Axum 100-940CE • Nubia in Egypt=Nile River • Kush Kingdom- capital in Kerma, one of earliest urbanized centers • 1750BCE Kush kings organized to build walls and mud bricks

  4. Ancient Egypt • Ancient Egypt 3000BCE-300BCE traded with later conquered Nubia

  5. Kush • Kush 1070BCE-350CE • Nice civilization • In Nubia kingdom cultural diffusion between Kush and neighbors after defeat Egypt

  6. Axum • Axum 100-940CE • Nice civilization • Trade extended onto Red Sea and Indian Ocean • In Nubia Kingdom

  7. Kingdom of Ghana • S: Kingdom extended to Awdaghost Conquered by Muslim al Moravids • P: Monarch with imperial power, King meted out justice • I: King controlled trade, and salt and copper from the North • C: religion=paganism, Muslim, mosques, not forced to convert to Islam • E: Muslims held high economic positions, large army of bowmen and Calvary made Ghana dominant • Collapse because Muslim Berbers invade

  8. Kingdom of Mali • S: Mali in West Africa, Delhi Sultanate in North India • P: Mansa Musa= rich and noble, government is safe nothing to fear, sultan Raziya • I: Tuareg retook capital of Timbuktu, Muslim conquer North India, depend on Trans Saharan Trade • C: foreigners welcome, rulers were Muslim, foster spread of Islam • E: Control gold copper trades= prosperity, Mansa Musa=empires wealth

  9. Songhai in the 1500’s at its peak • After Mali in West Africa • Islamic • Rely on trans-Saharan trade (gold)

  10. African Civilizations (1200-1500)

  11. East African Trade 1000-1450

  12. Zimbabwe: Great Stone House • Late iron Age • Capital Kingdom of Zimbabwe • City in ruins • Was center of trade • Trade decline- civilization fell apart • 1100-1400

  13. West African States (1500-1800)

  14. African Slave Trade Route • Middle Passage (Africa-Americas) • Brutal many died from disease/starvation

  15. Triangle Trade Routes • Olaudah Equiano (on ships to barbados) • Atlantic system: slave trade and plantations imp. • Plantocracies: rich men who owned slaves/land • Coastal trading areas: Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, slave coast

  16. Scramble For Africa 1800-1914 • Turned into colony (direct control0 • Causes: raw materials, Berlin conference (Bismarck) • Political power: European competition for lane after slavery, form of domination

  17. White Man’s Burden • Rhodes represents British Imperialism • Puppet master • Zambia , Zimbabwe named after him

  18. Pan African Movement 20th century • Charged for being Maumau leader • In prison, then internal exile (8yr) • Released 1961 • Negotiate with British to make constitution for independent Kenya • 1964 Kenyatta 1st president • Effective autocratic ruler • Kenya benefited from stability and prosperity

  19. Decolonization and Independence 1960’s

  20. Apartheid in South Africa: Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom

  21. Ethnic Conflicts and Genocide in the Post-Colonial Era

  22. Africa Today

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