africa Flashcards
1
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indian ocean trade
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- network of trade routes that connected people who had items for people who wanted those items and were willing to pay for them
- bigger, richer, and more diverse than the silk road
- people who traded were from swahili coast cites, islamic empires, india, china, and asia
- trade was dominated by muslim merchants because they had the money for ships
- technology was spread
2
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zanzibar
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- big trade center
- literacy, arabic
3
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kilwa
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- portuguese arrive and invade
- big trade center
4
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great zimbabwe
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- extensive gold workings
- the great enclosure- majesty, power
- cattle sustained this society- banking system
5
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ethiopia
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- prester john
- adal
- orthodox christianity
- susenyos
- fasilides
6
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fasilides
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- emperor of ethiopia
- stops the 5 year civil war
- builds gondar
7
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kongo
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portuguese gets slaves from here
8
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nzinga nkuwu
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- kongo’s king
- forges a trade relationship with the portugese
- switches the kingdom’s religion to catholic christianity
- loses his agency
9
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king alfonso
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king of kongo
10
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luanda
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- port city used to capture slaves
- established by kongo and the portugese
11
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sao tome/ principe
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established for the sugar production of the portugese
12
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ndongo
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- war between portugese and ndongo in 1579 A.D
- during the war, slaves were sent to fire up the brazilian sugar industry
13
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njinga
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- ruler of ndongo
- fighting the portugese = two kingdoms (ndongo and matamba), converting to christianity, abd expelling the portugese
- keeps her agency
