AF Module 2:4 Flashcards
Polygyny
Signified your power and wealth
Men paid the woman’s family or Eloped
Women
Their status hinged on their ability to be pregnant, children were the primary goal of marriage, married during puberty
Infant Mortality
Harsh climate, disease, lack of nutrition and breastfeeding for years contributed to infant mortality rates
Asian crops
Cassava, banana, plaintain
Portuguese crops
Corn, sweet potato, american yam
Famine
had devastating effects, in 1680 people sold themselves into slavery for food (vv linked)
Food shortages due to
Famine, excessive rain, drought, locusts, rural wars
Ethiopia
- 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)
Swahili Problems
Swahili city-states resisted European intrusion (Portuguese in 1498), led to economic decline
Muslim occupation of Ethiopia
1531-1543
Etihpioan and Portuguese forces destroyed the Muslim army in Wayna Daga, killed ibn-Ghazi
Europeans and Ethiopia
Portuguese wanted to search for Prester John, spices, and gold so they entered Ethiopia and mistook the emperor
Other dangers for Ethiopia
- Galla (Oromo) moved into the area without assimilation
- Ottoman Turks seized Massawa and other coastal cities
- Jesuits (Alphonse Mendex), expelled in 1633
Swahili
Lived along the Indian coast and were exposed to the influence of Indians, Indonesians, Persians, Chinese
Were Muslim
Middleman is trade and commerce
Swahili trade
Ivory, rhino horn, tortoiseshell, ebony chairs, copra, inland slaves
in exchange for
Perfume, toiletries, ink and paper, porcelain, silk, textiles, beads, iron tools
Portuguese commercial power in Swahili Coast
Erected forts in Kilwa, Zanzibar, and Sofala
Won an administrative stronghold (Fort Jesus) near Mombasa
