Africa Before 1400 Flashcards
How many countries are in Africa?
54
How many square miles is the Sahara Desert?
3.6 million miles
What area of Africa is dominated by the Sahara Desert?
North Africa
What part of Africa has forests and savannas?
South Africa
When was The Republic of South Sudan founded?
2011
Where do most archaeologists believe humans first emerged?
The Great Rift Valley in East Africa
Where and when were the remains of the earliest known biped (Lucy) found?
Ethiopia in 1974
How old were Lucy’s remains?
3.2 million years
Where did the Bantu people migrate from and to?
From West Africa to parts of Southern and Eastern Africa
When did humans move away from hunting and gathering and started to settle down?
5500 BC
What name did what Greek historian give to Egypt?
Herodotus called Egypt the “Gift of the Nile”
Who united the two parts of Egypt and when?
King Menes in 3100 BC
When did Egypt’s rule begin and end?
3200 BC until 30 BC
How old are the pyramids in the Giza complex?
4,500 years old
What present-day country was Nubia located in?
Sudan
What were Nubia’s three nicknames?
Land of the Gold, Land of the Bow (Ta-Seti), and the Kingdom of Kush
Which had more pyramids: Egypt or Nubia?
Nubia
When did Rome take control of Egypt?
30 BC
Who was Egypt’s last ruler?
Cleopatra the 7th
Who was Carthage’s leader?
General Hannibal Barca
When was Carthage defeated by Rome?
149 BC in the Punic Wars
Where was St. Augustine of Hippo born?
Present Day Algeria
Where does the word Ethiopia come from and what does it mean?
Comes from the Greek word Aethiops and means sun-burnt faces
When did Ethiopia begin and what kingdom was it previously?
Began as the Kingdom of Axum around 100 AD
