Early Societies in West Africa

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By about ​

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B.C.E., some people had settled to ​

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south of the Sahara. An extended-family community might have had about 15 to 20 members.

Eventually, family-based communities​

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to form ​

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. Villages might contain one- to two-hundred people.

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4000

farm

joined together

villages

2023

1500

fought

empires

kingdoms

died

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Villages worked together to do what? Draw one example

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tools -> more ​

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more food -> bigger ​

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bigger villages -> ​

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new stuff -> more trade

more trade -> more ​

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iron

food

villages

new stuff

money

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wars

horses

games

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West African rulers got rich from trade and were able to pay for what?

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What did West African rulers do with their armies?

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Multiple Choice

The ___________ trade connected West Africa from other regions, such as the present-day Middle East.

• Trans-Saharan

• Trans-Siberian

• Trans-Atlantic

• Trans-Formers

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, ​

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, and ​

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were all trading powers that ruled in West Africa.

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Draw of one of the two important trade goods in the box