early african history
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Early African HistoryTRANSCRIPT
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Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
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Pre-Historic Africa
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Kingdom of Kush[295 BCE 320 CE]Nubia [modern-day Sudan]
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Pyramids of Kush at Mero
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Pyramids of Kush at Mero
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Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE
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Kingdom of Axum [300-700]
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Stele, Ezanas Royal Tomb,Aksum (4c)
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Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]
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Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]Coptic Christian Priest
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AXUMS ACHIEVEMENTSControlled NE AfricanTradeWrittenLanguageSpread Christianityin No. & E. AfricaTerraceFarmingBuiltStelae
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BerbersGOLDSALTGold-Salt Trade
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Gold Money, Ghana/Ivory CoastGhana Empire [4c-11c]
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Salt
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Mali Empire [13c-15c]GOLDSALT
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Timbuktu-Heavenly Clay
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Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque
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Tuaregs
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Marketplace near the Niger River
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Mosque in Gao
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Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali
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Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali
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Sundiata [1210-1260]Lion Prince
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Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]
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European Map
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Songhai Empire [15c-16c]GOLDSALT
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Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]
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Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]
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Askia Mohammeds Tomb [1443-1538]Gao, Mali
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Benin Empire [15c-19c]
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Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)
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Benin Bronze Leopard
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BantuMigrations: 1000 BCETo500 CE
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IslamicInvasions
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African Trade Routes
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Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. AfricaSWAHILI [the coast] = Bantu + some Arabic
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Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar
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Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450]Zimbabwe = stone enclosure
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Great Zimbabwe Street
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Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe
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Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]
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Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c
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African Trade [15c-17c]