African History Flashcards
What are 3 reasons that we know the story of African history?
- Spoken traditions
- Griots
- Roman pottery scattered everywhere.
What are griots?
African Historians.
Where did the bantu people live?
Central Africa.
What was the temperature i central africa?
Hot and rainy.
What was the reason that made the bantu move?
Iron smelting, and agriculture.
Who was one of the first civilizations in africa?
The bantu.
Describe the chiefs tomb.
It had pottery stuck into the top of it.
Who did the indian ocean trade network connect?
Asia, india, arabia, and east africa.
What was traded on the indian ocean trade network?
Spices, silk, slaves, stones, grains, gold, and iron.
What stopped people from getting to west africa?
The sahara desert.
What did you achieve for reaching west africa?
Wealth, salt, and gold.
Who was the first person to cross the sahara and reach west asia?
Ibn Battuta. From morroco
How did ibn battuta get to west asia?
He used asian camels.
Where did the camels originate?
Asia and africa.
The kingdom of ghana was started by what?
Trade of camels.
