African Exam IDs Flashcards
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What is the Bantu Migration?
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- Time of Christ
- Conditions in Central America led the Bantu people to move southeastward frequently
- Reached present-day Zimbabwe by 800 AD and reaching the southeastern coast by 1600 AD
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Why does the Bantu Migration matter?
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- Helped spread ironworking around south Africa
- Leading to new civilizations and ways of agricultture
- Led to more sophisticated stuff such as Nok sculpture of the Nok people (800 C.E. ~ 200 A.D.)
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What is the City of Kilwa?
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- Kilwa is a city on the eastern coast of Af rica
- Kilwa became the most powerful coastal city during the late thirteen hundreds in Africa
- Kilwa was in a great position, where gold and salt (both important items in both international and the trans-Saharan trade) were found in abundant amounts
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What is Great Zimbabwe?
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- 13th century to the 15th, the peoples controlled the gold in Zimbabwe, lots of gold veins were present, their income came from the gold
- Very skilled in architecture, built the whole city just by Africans
- A medieval city, divided in separate social groups that lived separately from each other
- Was a rich trading system
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Why does Great Zimbabwe matter?
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- Further evidence and insight on where most of the gold from the gold trade came from
- Great Zimbabwe shows how a stable way of living allows a population to grow exponentially
- However, it shows the downfall or the negative things about having too many people
6
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Why does the City of Kilwa matter?
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- Kilwa was influenced greatly by the Islamic culture, leading to more Muslims
- Kilwa allowed the Islamic culture to grow
- Kilwa was a big participant in the Trans-Saharan Trade
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What is the Gold Trade?
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- Parts of modern-day Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana contained rich veins of gold
- Around the eleventh century
- People of both sexes mined the gold
- Much was exported to Europe annually and most of it was given to Egypt
- Kilwa was a major trading port of gold for the Arabs, Indians, Europeans, and Chinese
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Why does the Gold Trade matter?
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- West African gold was vital to the monetization the medieval Mediterranean economy
- The gold paid for the expenses of spices and silks from India as requested by Mediterranean commerce
- African gold linked the entire world up until that point, speeding up globalization
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What is Iron Working in Africa?
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- Iron working in Africa started around 1500 BC, began right in the heart of Africa
- Iron working technique originated by the Phoenicians
- Bantu people were excellent at iron working, and used their skills to gain imperial control
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Why does Iron Working in Africa matter?
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- Gave peoples like the Bantu knowledge to absorb the hunter gatherers
- Shows diffusion, syncretism of different peoples of Africa, turns the iron working to part of their culture, examples
- Shows how the idea of iron working could have originated in Europe and traveled to Africa (globalization) or originated in Africa
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What are the Nok People and Art?
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- Consists of human and animal sculptures with emphasis on spherical and cylindrical artworks
- Was found near the village of Nok, and the sculpture dates range from 900 BC to about 200 CE
- Nok people’s culture lives from its terracotta sculptures
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Why does Nok People and Art matter?
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- Nok art allows a deeper insight into Nok cultures, symbolizes the Nok peoples
- Nok art shows how developed the society was, and there values
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What is the Salt Trade?
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- Salt is Sahara’s most valuable object, so salt trade built off of trans-Saharan trade
- Paved a mythical route connecting Timbuktu with Europe, southern Africa, and Persia
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Why does the Salt Trade happened?
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- People see salt as a divine gift, a reason for spiritual growth
- Salt trade is a journey into the soul and a chance to step closer to Islamic god
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What is Sundiata?
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- Sundiata was the original founder of Mali
- He ruled from ca. 1230 to 1255
- Absorbed former territories of Ghana and captured well established trading cities such as Gao, Jenne, and Walata.
