1. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Pre-Historic Africa

5. Kingdom of Kush [295 BCE – 320 CE] Nubia [modern-day Sudan]

6. Pyramids of Kush at Meroë

8. Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE

9. Kingdom of Axum [300-700]

10. Stele, Ezanas Royal Tomb, Aksum (4c)

11. Christian Church, Lalibela [Ethiopia]

12. Coptic Christian Priest

13. AXUMS ACHIEVEMENTS Controlled NE African Trade Written Language Spread Christianity in No. & E. Africa Terrace Farming Built Stelae

15. Berbers GOLD SALT Gold-Salt Trade

16. Gold Money, Ghana/Ivory Coast Ghana Empire [4c-11c]

17. Salt

18. Mali Empire [13c-15c] GOLD SALT

19. Timbuktu-Heavenly Clay

20. Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque

21. Tuaregs

22. Marketplace near the Niger River

23. Mosque in Gao

24. Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali

25. Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali

26. Sundiata [1210-1260] Lion Prince

27. Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]

28. European Map

29. Songhai Empire [15c-16c] GOLD SALT

30. Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]

31. Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]

32. Askia Mohammeds Tomb [1443-1538] Gao, Mali

33. Benin Empire [15c-19c]

34. Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)

35. Benin Bronze Leopard

38. Bantu Migrations: 1000 BCE To 500 CE

39. Islamic Invasions

42. African Trade Routes

43. Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa SWAHILI [the coast] = Bantu + some Arabic

44. Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar

46. Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450] Zimbabwe = stone enclosure

47. Great Zimbabwe Street

48. Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe

49. Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]

51. Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c

52. African Trade [15c-17c]