bantu migrations and the empires of africa the earth and its peoples
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Bantu Migrations and the Empires of Africa The Earth and Its Peoples p. 198-204 p. 353-367. Pre-Historic Africa. East African and Sub-Saharan Kingdoms. Migrations Into & Within Africa. Bantu Migrations: 1000 BCE To 500 CE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bantu Migrations and the
Empires of Africa
The Earth and Its Peoples p. 198-204
p. 353-367
Pre-Historic Africa
East African and Sub-Saharan Kingdoms
BantuMigration
s:
1000 BCE
To
500 CE
Kingdom of Axum [300-700]
Stele, Ezana’s Royal Tomb,Aksum (4c)
Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]
Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]
Coptic Christian Priest
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
Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa
SWAHILI [“the coast’] = Bantu + some Arabic
African Trade Routes
Great Zimbabwe Street
Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450]
“Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure”
Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]
Berbers
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Gold-Salt Trade
Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast
Ghana Empire [4c-11c]
Salt
Mali Empire [13c-15c]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Islamic
Invasions
Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay”
Modern day marketplace near the Niger River
Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Sundiata [1210-1260]
“Lion Prince”
Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]
European Map
Songhai Empire [15c-16c]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]
Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]
Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538]
Gao, Mali
Benin Empire [15c-19c]
Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)
Benin Bronze Leopard
Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c
African Trade [15c-17c]