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| Location of the Kush Kingdom |
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| South of Egypt along the Nile River |
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| 3 things the Kush learned from the Egyptians |
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1. Worship Amen-Re 2. How to work copper and bronze 3. Adapted hieroglypics to their own language |
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| In 750 BC king Kashta set out to conquer _______ |
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| Invaded Egypt in the 7th century |
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| Kush learned this from the Assyrians |
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| Small pyramids stood in the royal cemetary in this kingdom |
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3 Axum imports 3 Axum exports |
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Imports: silks, spices, elephants (India) Exports: gold, ivory, slaves |
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Arabs crossed Red Sea to trade with this kingdom Jewish and Greek merchants also settled here Greeks most likely brought Christianity here |
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| This king converted to Christianity in 342 AD |
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1. Developed writing system 2. Learned to farm on terraces 3. Minted coins 4. Built stone monuments 60 feet tall |
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| What caused the decline of the Axum kingdom? |
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| Other countries began to interfere with trade |
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| The strength of early West African Kingdoms was maintained by what? |
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| The trade of gold and salt |
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| This kingom used silent barter |
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| They would set goods on the ground and beat a drum to signal gold miners. Then they would withdraw as the gold miners appeared and left some gold. If the trader would take the gold and leave if they were satisfied with the trade. If not, they would withdraw and wait for the miners to leave more gold. |
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| In this kingdom only gold dust was used in trade. Nuggets became property of the king who controlled the economy. One served as a hitching post for the horses. |
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| These people from North Africa started a war against Ghana. Ghana eventually regained independence but were not strong enough to survive. |
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| Mali's king's name meant Hungering Lion |
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| Sundiata Keita accomplished the following 3 things: |
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1. Established salt-gold trade that the Arabs had distrupted. 2. Organized a permanent army. 3. Divided the empire into provinces, each headed by a general. |
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| To cement relations in this Kingdom, one king moved the capital from place to place |
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| The king of this kingdom never spoke directly to the people |
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| Means "where the king dwells" |
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| Called their kings mansas |
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| What did Mansa Musa do during his 4800 mile hajj? |
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| This city became a leading center of learning and the best Muslim scholars came there. |
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| Replaces Mali as the most powerful kingdom in West Africa |
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| Two of the greatest leaders of Songhai were.... |
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| Sunni Ali and Askia Muhhamamd |
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East African city states aquirred and traded what? (5 things) |
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| Ivory, leopard skins, iron, copper and gold |
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| East African city state imports from India, southeast Asia and China (6 things) |
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| cotton, silk, spices, porcelain, glassware and swords |
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This language fused many Arabic words onto a Bantu base and was written in Arabic Developed in this "kingdom" |
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Swahili East African city states |
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| What happened as the control on the African West coast changed to...British, what 3 things happened? |
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1. Trade changed from gold to humans 2. Natives stopped looking for gold and started making was on each other. 3. Name was changed from Gold Coast to Slave Coast |
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| What did white Europeans have to do to get slaves? |
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| Supply guns to the Africans |
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How many slave voyages were made? About how many slaves were recorded? |
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| What is the Middle Passage? |
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| The voyage carrying human cargo from West Africa to the New World, formed a triangle |
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| What happened to some of the slaves on the ships? |
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1. Commited suicide 2. Lay in human feces, lack of air 2. Death |
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