Ms. Ahmed and Ms. PojerMs. Ahmed and Ms. Pojer
A Satellite View
Africa’s Size
# Second largest continent 11,700,000 sq. mi.
# 10% of the world’s population.
# 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.
5000
MILES
4 6 0 0 M I L E S
From Hunters and Gatherers TO
The Neolithic Revolution (10,000 BC)
What makes a Civilization?
~Cities ~Central Governmentt ~Traditional economy ~Organized Religion ~Social Classes ~Art/Architecture
~Roads, Bridges ~System of writing ~Specialized Jobs
~Cities ~Central Governmentt ~Traditional economy ~Organized Religion ~Social Classes ~Art/Architecture
~Roads, Bridges ~System of writing ~Specialized Jobs
The Mighty Nile River:
“Longest River in the World”
Egyptian Civilization
A Differing Geography
Snow at the Equator?
Snow at the Equator?
Great Rift
Valley
Great Rift
Valley
Traditional Society & Culture
Village Government
Family Patterns
Religious Beliefs
Village Government
Family Patterns
Religious Beliefs
Berbers
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Gold-Salt Trade
Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast
Ghana Empire [4c-11c]
Salt
Mali Empire [13c-15c]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
MANSA MUSAMANSA MUSA
Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay” and Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Songhai Empire [15c-16c]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Kingdom of Axum [300-700]
AXUM’SACHIEVEMENTS
AXUM’SACHIEVEMENTS
Controlled NE African
Trade
Controlled NE African
Trade
WrittenLanguageWritten
Language
Spread Christianityin No. & E.
Africa
Spread Christianityin No. & E.
Africa
TerraceFarmingTerraceFarming
BuiltStelaeBuilt
Stelae
Hausa and Benin Empire [15c-19c]
Bantu
Migrations:
1000 BCE
To
500 CE
~The Arts
~Literary Traditions
~Education
~Commerce
~The Arts
~Literary Traditions
~Education
~Commerce
African Trade [15c-17c]
Pre-19c European Trade with Africa
IndustrialRevolutionIndustrialRevolution
Source forRaw
Materials
Source forRaw
Materials
Markets forFinishedGoods
Markets forFinishedGoods
EuropeanNationalismEuropean
Nationalism
MissionaryActivity
MissionaryActivity
Military& NavalBases
Military& NavalBases
EuropeanMotives
For Colonization
EuropeanMotives
For Colonization
Places toDump
Unwanted/Excess Popul.
Places toDump
Unwanted/Excess Popul.
Soc. & Eco.Opportunities
Soc. & Eco.Opportunities
HumanitarianReasons
HumanitarianReasons
EuropeanRacism
EuropeanRacism
“WhiteMan’s
Burden”
“WhiteMan’s
Burden”
SocialDarwinism
SocialDarwinism
Triangular Trade and Slavery
Slave Ship PlanSlave Ship Plan
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The Middle PassageThe Middle Passage
The Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference and the Battle for Southern Africa
Resistance and the Boer War
Results of World War Results of World War IIII
Results of World War Results of World War IIII
Defeat of dictatorships.
Unparalleled destruction.
The decline of colonial powers.
The rise of the superpowers and the Cold War.
Much of Europe, North Africa
and East Asia lay in ruins.
Defeat of dictatorships.
Unparalleled destruction.
The decline of colonial powers.
The rise of the superpowers and the Cold War.
Much of Europe, North Africa
and East Asia lay in ruins.
The Decline of the The Decline of the Colonial PowersColonial Powers
The Decline of the The Decline of the Colonial PowersColonial Powers
Pan-Africanism
African National Congress
The Congo, Hutus and Tutsis
King Leopold II:(r. 1865 – 1909)
5-8 Million Victims! (50% of Popul.)
It is blood-curdling to see them (the soldiers) returning with the hands of the slain, and to find the hands of young children amongst the bigger ones evidencing their bravery...The rubber from this district has cost hundreds of lives, and the scenes I have witnessed, while unable to help the oppressed, have been almost enough to make me wish I were dead... This rubber traffic is steeped in blood, and if the natives were to rise and sweep every white person on the Upper Congo into eternity, there would still be left a fearful balance to their credit. -- Belgian Official
Desertification