AFRICA

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AFRICA

• PHYSICAL FEATURES
• plateau
• Sahara Desert
• savannas-
• Tropical rain forest-
• jungle-
• Lake Victoria-
• Mountains
• Mt. Kenya
• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• AFRICAN CULTURE
• Language- oral tradition
• Cultural exchange
• xylophones from Southeast Asia
• bananas from Asia
• Women played a crucial role
• matrilineal-
• Leadership- village elders

AFRICAN KINGDOMS

• KUSH
• Trade- gold, ivory, ebony and ostrich feathers
• ties with Egypt
• Achievements-pyramids, temples, written languages

• EAST AFRICA
• Islam is introduced
• Swahili- not a single ethnic group, people who
  are bound by_________________________________
• Great Zimbabwe- trade port gold

• WEST AFRICA
• Control trade routes across Sahara- salt, ivory,
  slaves, textiles, jewels and copper
• Ghana- earliest kingdom
• Mali- supported education, arts, public building
• Large universities attracted scholars form
  Egypt and Arabia

• AKSUM
• Trade routes- dominated the Red Sea trade
• Minted its owned coins
• Christainity was the official religion
• Incorporated may of the peoples traditional
  beliefs and customs.
• Foundation of the Ethiopian Church