Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Pre-Historic Africa
Kingdom of Kush [295 BCE – 320 CE] Nubia [modern-day Sudan]
Pyramids of Kush at Meroë
Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE
Kingdom of Axum [ ]
Stele, Ezanas Royal Tomb, Aksum (4c)
Christian Church, Lalibela [Ethiopia]
Coptic Christian Priest
AXUMS ACHIEVEMENTS Controlled NE African Trade Written Language Spread Christianity in No. & E. Africa Terrace Farming Built Stelae
Berbers GOLD SALT Gold-Salt Trade
Gold Money, Ghana/Ivory Coast Ghana Empire [4c-11c]
Salt
Mali Empire [13c-15c] GOLD SALT
Timbuktu-Heavenly Clay
Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque
Tuaregs
Marketplace near the Niger River
Mosque in Gao
Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Sundiata [ ] Lion Prince
Mansa Musa [r ]
European Map
Songhai Empire [15c-16c] GOLD SALT
Sunni Ali [r ]
Askia Mohammed [r ]
Askia Mohammeds Tomb [ ] Gao, Mali
Benin Empire [15c-19c]
Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)
Benin Bronze Leopard
Bantu Migrations: 1000 BCE To 500 CE
Islamic Invasions
African Trade Routes
Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa SWAHILI [the coast] = Bantu + some Arabic
Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar
Great Zimbabwe [ ] Zimbabwe = stone enclosure
Great Zimbabwe Street
Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe
Manamotopa Empire [ ]
Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c
African Trade [15c-17c]