African Empire

How was History passed down?

• Written

• Scribed

• Orally

• Hieroglyphic

Empires developed trade in what main items?

• Camels

• Salt

• Cloth

Contact with other people lead to a spread of ...

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hindu

• Budhism

This was the commercial and Islamic cultural center for early Africa

• Songhai

• West Africa

• Timbuktu

• Mecca

The empires were similar because they controlled _________ in the Sahara Desert

• Farm land

• Ports

• Trade routes

Mali Empire reached it's height under the rule of

• Mansa Musa

• Sunni Ali

• Askia the Great

• Muhammad Ture

The first Europeans to enter Southern Africa

• French

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• British

Not only did they conquer Songhai, they were also advanced and used guns

• Ghana

• Morocco

• Egypt

This soon followed the arrival of the Europeans

• Slave trade

• Disease

• Conversion to Christianity

What were Europeans looking for in Africa?

• Gold

• Food

• Livestock

• Trade routes