1. Early
African
Kingdoms
& Empires
Coach Manna

2. Pre-Historic Africa

3. North
African
Kingdoms

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

6. Pyramids of Kush at Meroë

7. Pyramids of Kush at Meroë

8. Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE

9. Kingdom of Axum [ ]

10. Stele, Ezana’s Royal Tomb, Aksum (4c)

11. Christian Church, Lalibela [Ethiopia]

12. Christian Church, Lalibela [Ethiopia]
Coptic Christian Priest

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

14. West African
Empires &
Civilizations

15. Gold-Salt Trade
Berbers
SALT
GOLD

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

17. Salt

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

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 [ ]
“Lion Prince”

27. Mansa Musa [r ]

28. European Map

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

30. Sunni Ali [r ]

31. Askia Mohammed [r ]

32. Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538]
Gao, Mali

33. Benin Empire [15c-19c]

34. Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)

35. Benin Bronze Leopard

36. Migrations
Into &
Within
Africa

37. What are some
reasons why
humans
migrate?

38. Bantu
Migrations:
1000 BCE To
500 CE

39. Islamic
Invasions

40. Eastern
City-States

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

45. Southern
African
Kingdoms

46. “Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure”
Great Zimbabwe [ ]
“Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure”

47. Great Zimbabwe Street

48. Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe

49. Manamotopa Empire [ ]

50. Africa
during the
Age of European
Exploration

51. Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c

52. African Trade [15c-17c]