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KINGDOMS AND TRADING STATES OF AFRICA
Chapter 11
LOCATE THE FOLLOWING ON PG. 342 Atlas Mountains Sahara Desert Great Rift Valley Mt. Kilamanjaro Nile River Niger River Lake Victoria Kalahari Desert Strait of Gibraltar Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Red Sea
Shade in: Rain Forest Savannah Desert Mediterranean Dry woodland
Mark: Bantu Migrations
Gulf of Aden Mediterranean Sea Arabian Peninsula Congo River
KNOW YOUR GEOGRAPHY!
Savanna: Grassy Plains Sahara: GIANT desert Rain Forest Mediterranean Dry Woodland
What do you think happened in early Africa due to so much biological diversity?
BANTU MIGRATIONS
Look at the Bantu migrations on your map Where did they go?
West African farmers and herders who migrated south and east between about 1000 B.C.E. and 1000 C.E.
Spoke Bantu language Spread their knowledge about farming,
ironworking, domesticating animals Bantu influence is still around
NUBIA
About 2700 B.C.E., civilization along the Nile was growing
Traded with Egypt, incorporated a lot of Egyptian culture, modeled their society on Egyptians
Eventually had to leave their region in Egypt and return south when Assyrians took over Egypt
RISE AND FALL OF CULTURE
Rich in iron! Powerful tools, lots of wood
Once controlled the Nile’s trade routes as well the route from the Red Sea to North Africa This made them rich!
Gold, ivory, animal skins, perfumes, slaves were traded with Mediterranean and Southwest Asia
Eventually the Kingdom of Axum took over
NORTH AFRICA GETS INVADED A LOT
So close to the Mediterranean—who is nearby?
Carthage was a major trading city, until the Punic Wars
After Punic Wars, Rome took over North Africa. Built roads, aqueducts, dams, cities Also spread Christianity, used Africans for
Roman soldiers Islam spreads into North Africa
ISLAM IN AFRICA
In the 690s, C.E. Muslims conquered and occupied North Africa. By the 700s, they had completely conquered the Berbers, a nomadic people.
Gradually replaced Christianity with Islam, and Arabic replaced Latin as the language
Cairo, Fez, Marrakesh became famous for their beautiful mosques and huge universities.
Muslim traders brought Islam from the North to West Africa
MAP TRADE ROUTES AND KINGDOMS OF AFRICA (349)
Shade and date: Egypt Nubia Axum Ghana Mali Ethiopia Songhai
Draw: 5 major trade routes (pick 5 from map)
Mediterranean Sea
Niger River Gao Timbuktu Benin City Great Zimbabwe Mogadishu Cairo Mecca Venice Fez Marrakesh
SALT AND GOLD TRADE ACROSS SAHARA Salt was very rare in most of Africa, but
was highly valued Need salt to retain water, preserve food Sahara had lots of salt
Western Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal) had almost no salt, but lots of gold
KINGDOM OF GHANA—800 C.E.-1050 C.E. Had lots of gold, would trade a pound of gold
for a pound of salt (until 1350, 60% of the gold in the world came from Ghana)
Theocracy Traded with Muslim merchants from North
Africa Muslims introduced written language, coins,
business methods Some (not all) adopted Islam In 1050, Almoravids (North African Muslims)
invaded and weakened Ghana Eventually were taken over by Mali Kingdom
KINGDOM OF MALI
Mansa Musa was the strongest ruler of Mali, came to power in 1312 C.E.
He spread control of gold and salt regions, and became very wealthy
Where trade routes intersected, big cities like Timbuktu arose
MANSA MUSA PROMOTED PEACE
He conquered a lot of regions, and converted eventually to Islam, based much of his law on the Quran
Did not force Islam on his people, but promoted religious freedom and tolerance
In 1324, made the hajj to Mecca, and started good relationships with other Muslim states
MANSA MUSA Devout Muslim Built mosques in Timbuktu Education from all over:
Judges Doctors Religious leaders Scholars
Proverb: Salt comes from the north, gold from the south, and silver from the country of the white men, but the word of God and the treasures of wisdom are only to be found in Timbuktu.
SONGHAI
By 1400, Mali had grown weak In 1460, the Songhai started to gain
power, with a new capital in Gao Developed along the Niger River Did not initially adopt Islam, but later
became an Islamic state in 1492 Had very organized government Like Mansa Musa, leaders went to Mecca,
formed good relationships and built mosques and schools to study the Quran
INVASIONS
Songhai was invaded by Moroccans who wanted to control the salt and gold trade
Songhai had no guns or new technology, and were quickly wiped out by the Moroccans
How did Moroccan Muslims get guns?
When Songhai fell, it was the end of 1,000 years of powerful kingdoms in West Africa
Moving to East Africa!
AXUM
Conquered Nubia around 350 C.E. Extended from modern-day Ethiopia to
the Red Sea Axum were descendents of African
farmers and Jewish traders very unique culture
Extremely good location for trade: Red Sea and city of Axum
By 400 C.E., the kingdom controlled trade connecting Africa, India, the Mediterranean world
WHAT DID THEY TRADE?
Enslaved people Ivory, animal hides, gold, for iron, spices,
precious stones, cotton
Ideas also spread: The king of Axum made Christianity the official
religion in the 300s. Eventually Axum became isolated from the
rest of the kingdoms around it. Why? Axum eventually declined due to this
isolation
ETHIOPIA
People in the region of Axum kept Christianity, and were united
Geographic isolation (mountains) helped them stay protected and helped develop a very unique culture Underground churches still in Ethiopia
today built into solid rock Did keep ties with Holy Land:
pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Christians in Egypt, still a Christian region today
AFTER AXUM
Many smaller kingdoms grew on the East Coast of Africa, trading with the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere (Arabia, Persia, China, India…)
Swahili developed as a need for communication arose between Africans and people from Arabia
“Swahili” “of the coast”
ISLAMIC INFLUENCES Muslim traders brought Islam to the East
African coast, and many wealthier and more powerful people were Muslim.
The majority of the people kept traditional religious beliefs
Slavery: Muslim traders exported enslaved people who had been kidnapped to Arabia, Persia and Iraq. Wealthy people bought slaves for domestic work
This was NOT like the slave trade into the Americas in the 1700s: only about 1,000 people were sold each year during this time
SOUTHERN AFRICA Gold and Ivory trade
helped people in southeast Africa grow wealthy and establish a big city around 1000 C.E. : Great Zimbabwe.
It depended on the gold trade
Powerful city: economic, political and religious center of its time
1450 C.E., it was abandoned
Mutapa: A man named Mutota left Great
Zimbabwe to find more salt, and founded a new city: Mutapa
Controlled most of Zimbabwe Rich in gold, forced conquered people to
mine for it In the 1500s, Portugal tried to take the
empire over, but failed. Then Portugal tried to interfere with
the politics to gain control signals increasing European interference in
Africa