1. Effects of the Bantu Migration Joanna Tan 4A

2. Who are the Bantu?  Sub-Saharan Africa  Bantu language  Traveled  Subtle

3. Bantu Migration  One of many significant migrations  A few reasons for migration  Lasting effects

4. Reasons for Migration  Agriculture and domestication  Epidemics  Famine  Population increase  External forces

5. Bantu Migration’s Positive Effects  Metallurgy  New crops  Assimilation into new cultures

6. Bantu Migration’s Negative Effects  Loss of culture  Language “transformations”  Depopulation

7. Comparing and Contrasting Migrations  Huns Migration  Germanic Migration  Indo-Aryan Migration Controversial

8. Comparisons: Huns Migration  More fierce  Western Migration, then China  4 th Century C.E.

9. Comparisons: Germanic Migration  Displacement  Competition with the Huns  Split into kingdoms

10. Indo-Europeans  Indo-Ayrans  Controversial migration  Major impact like Bantus  Metallurgy  Extinction?

11. Let’s Review  Who are the Bantu?  Bantu Migration  Other important migrations  Controversies  Similarities

12. Citations  http://www.arshabodha.org/HinduDharma/Lctr2.2%20_kjs_ AryanMigration.pdf http://www.arshabodha.org/HinduDharma/Lctr2.2%20_kjs_ AryanMigration.pdf  www.elateafrica.org www.elateafrica.org  http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/history/aryan.htm http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/history/aryan.htm  http://gossamerstrands.com/Hist100/lecture4.htm http://gossamerstrands.com/Hist100/lecture4.htm  A History of Africa  AP World History: Essential Coursebook