Ancient Africa

What African State?

The link between the Arab and Mediterranean World

Trade

Massive Stone Churches

Lead by a King

• Great Zimbabwe

• Axum Ethiopia

• Ghana

• Hausa States

The Swahili States- select multiple

• Imported goods from the interior and sold them to merchants on the coast

• Voluntarily converted to Islam

• Engaged in Gold trade

• Language combines elements of Bantu and Arabic

• Built gigantic stone churches

What state?

Participated in Indian Ocean Basin Trade

Built giant stone and wood buildings

More cattle = more wealth

A gold producing area

• Axum Ethiopia

• Great Zimbabwe

• Mali

• Ghana

What state?

Arab merchants brought Islam to the area

center of trade

used force to expand territory

Universities, religious schools and Mosque

Mansa Musa

• Hausaland

• Ghana

• Mali

• Great Zimbabwe

What state?

Sold Ivory and Gold to Muslim traders in exchange for salt, copper, cloth and tools.

Centralized govt

Located along a river

Trade main source of Income

Iron Weapons

• Hausaland

• Ghana

• Mali

• Axum Ethiopia

• Great Zimbabwe

What state?

Independent city-states

"Middleman" sold goods grown in the interior of Africa to traders on the coast.

Converted to Islam

Kinship ties

No central authority- a loose confederation of states

• Hausaland

• Ghana

• Mali

• Axum Ethiopia

• Great Zimbabwe

Trade facilitated the spread of what throughout North, West and East Africa?

• Disease

• Islam

• Judaism

• Democracy

• European Language

What allowed states to grow, thrive, and change in Africa?

• Trade

• Religion

• Enviornmental Changes

• The establishment of permanent communities by Europeans

• Disease

Who kept and retold African histories and stories.

• Griots

• Women

• Elderly

• Novels- this information was written down

In what ways are the African State studied in class similar to empires in South East Asia- Select all that apply

• Faith was spread via trade

• Trade allowed states to grow

• New faiths were voluntarily adopted

• Gold and Ivory trade used to gain wealth

• Histories written down