1. Kush and Other African Kingdoms, E03b
Another stop along the migration trail.

2. Nubia & the Land of Kush

4. Nubia & the Land of Kush The area was called Nubia
The kingdom was called Kush
Traded with Egypt
Took over Egypt in 751 B.C.
Piankhi was their greatest king, never lived in Egypt

5. Nubia & the Land of Kush Attacked by the Assyrians
Moved capital to Meroe
Iron makers, learn to smelt iron, heat it to melt off the junk with the iron

6. The Kingdom of Aksum King Aksum took over the Kush Kingdom
Lived on the “Horn of Africa”

7. The Kingdom of Aksum near the Horn of Africa.

8. The Kingdom of Aksum Along a trading route
King Ezana expanded the kingdom
Achievements
Pillars, carved from stone
Written language call Ge’ez
Terraced farming, like steps

10. West, Central, & Southern Africa

11. Environment & Beliefs
Deserts, grasslands called savannahs, & rain forests.
Polytheistic and animist (a belief that everything has a soul or spirit in them)
Griots were story tellers to keep their history alive.

12. The Nok Culture & Bantu Migration
The Noks were from West Africa
Learn to smelt iron & make iron tools
A group from the Noks were the Bantus
Migration over 1,000 years south
Moved into areas were others live and exchanged ideas like cattle herding.

13. The Nok Culture

14. The Bantu Migration