AF Module 2:4 Flashcards

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Polygyny

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Signified your power and wealth

Men paid the woman’s family or Eloped

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Women

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Their status hinged on their ability to be pregnant, children were the primary goal of marriage, married during puberty

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3
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Infant Mortality

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Harsh climate, disease, lack of nutrition and breastfeeding for years contributed to infant mortality rates

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4
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Asian crops

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Cassava, banana, plaintain

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5
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Portuguese crops

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Corn, sweet potato, american yam

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Famine

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had devastating effects, in 1680 people sold themselves into slavery for food (vv linked)

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7
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Food shortages due to

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Famine, excessive rain, drought, locusts, rural wars

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8
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Ethiopia

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  • Beginning of the 16th century, Ethiopia faced challenges from Adal (Muslim) and was finally defeated in 1529.
  • Practiced Coptic Christianity (which Europeans wanted to replace with roman catholic)
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9
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Swahili Problems

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Swahili city-states resisted European intrusion (Portuguese in 1498), led to economic decline

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10
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Muslim occupation of Ethiopia

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1531-1543
Etihpioan and Portuguese forces destroyed the Muslim army in Wayna Daga, killed ibn-Ghazi

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11
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Europeans and Ethiopia

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Portuguese wanted to search for Prester John, spices, and gold so they entered Ethiopia and mistook the emperor

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12
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Other dangers for Ethiopia

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  • Galla (Oromo) moved into the area without assimilation
  • Ottoman Turks seized Massawa and other coastal cities
  • Jesuits (Alphonse Mendex), expelled in 1633
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13
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Swahili

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Lived along the Indian coast and were exposed to the influence of Indians, Indonesians, Persians, Chinese
Were Muslim
Middleman is trade and commerce

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14
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Swahili trade

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Ivory, rhino horn, tortoiseshell, ebony chairs, copra, inland slaves
in exchange for
Perfume, toiletries, ink and paper, porcelain, silk, textiles, beads, iron tools

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15
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Portuguese commercial power in Swahili Coast

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Erected forts in Kilwa, Zanzibar, and Sofala
Won an administrative stronghold (Fort Jesus) near Mombasa

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