UGC 111 1st Edition Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I Silk Road Video Outline of Current Lecture II Africa Current Lecture Africa Sub Sahara Over 800 languages spoken many different cultures 20 inches of rain per year poor farming Civilizations couldn t grow so tribes separated and new languages created Head of villages extended family groups were chiefs Villages eventually became kingdoms Leader was a King believed to be divine Animistic religion all things possess living spirits Portraits of kings were made and put in palaces because kings were divine sources of wisdom After 200 AD camels were domesticated and Arab traders were coming in from Morocco and Egypt Kingdoms Ghana 900 1100 AD o Irrigation used supported large population o King controlled trade gold o King formed a court run by Muslim administrators o King Muslim court Merchants Farmers Slaves Mali 1200 1400 o Continued trade o Timbuktu capital large in population Islamic superstructure export of books was important 150 Koranic schools o Mansa Musa famous ruler in 1325 he converted to Islam and made a trip to Mecca while distributing gold on his way very wealthy o Jenne Great Mosque built like an Islamic Mosque but with traditional African architecture made of mud brick These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Benin 1170 1897 o Called the slave coast Ethiopia a k a Aksum o People converted to Christianity o Lived on trade from Red Sea Trans Saharan trade Caused urban growth along Niger River Arabs wanted exports gave the King a lot of power Gold mining Export of slaves Introduction of Islam o Ability to write was brought to the kingdoms became literate o Shariah came law to govern the kingdoms o Knowledge of printing and books Africa before Europeans video 1 What has led to European ignorance about African history It was a dark continent they saw their many tribes as children or savages 2 What were the effects of an Islamic presence in sub Saharan Africa What did the African kingdoms export to Islamic traders Import It helped the people to become literate gave them law codes to help govern their people and introduced the printing of books The kingdoms exported gold and slaves to the Islamic traders 3 Name three characteristics of Timbuktu A university town A trading center Books were the most important in trading 4 What was responsible for the destruction of Benin society Slave trade
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