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Ancient Africa Flashcards

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Africa geography basics

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“Old continent”
Raised, above sea level
Lots of rivers and waterfalls

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Africa geography quote

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“Mother Africa was not even handed in her dealings with her children”

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Mild/medditeranean Africa

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Nice agriculture

Lots of rainfall

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Desert Africa

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First a barrier then a bridge
Lots of salt
Camels

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5
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Camels in desert in Africa

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Ships of the desert

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Savanna Africa

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Agriculture is possible but hard
Unreliable rain
Soil problems
Good trade

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Rainforest Africa

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Lots of rain
Low agriculture
Low trade
Tsetse fly affects animals

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General political system Africa

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Monarchy and advisors

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General social system Africa

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Lineage system
Upperclass were religious and owned animals
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10
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Slavery Africa

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Generally bad lives

Not much mobility

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Mobility Africa

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Kind of okay

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12
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Women Africa

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Matrilineal, had pretty good lives

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Traditional religion Africa

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Henotheistic: one supreme being and lesser gods
Animism: spirits in everything
Afterlife is super important
Ancestors are important

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14
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Similarities between different places in Africa

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Bantu migrations from NW to E and SE

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15
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General isolation of African civilizations

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Isolated

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16
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Griot Africa

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Record keepers, oral history

17
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SSA civilizations

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West Africa, Ghana, Mali

18
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West Africa basics

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Ocean boundaries

Advantages: gold, iron trade

19
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Ghana basics

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Grassland and some dessert
The Ghana
Trade
Strong army

20
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The Ghana

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The King
The absolute ruler
Had gold control
Traditional African Religion

21
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Trade Ghana

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Very important

Silent Trade: Ghana didn’t want people to know about their culture and them, no interactions

22
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Name of Ghana

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Ghana was not actual name, but got called that by a visiter

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Mali basics

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Sundiata
Mansa Musa
Timbuktu
Islam

24
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Sundiata

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In Mali

Founder

25
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Mansa Musa

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In Mali

Expanded size, created government, made pilgrimage

26
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Timbuktu

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In Mali
Created by Mansa Musa
Capital city
Islam

27
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East Africa connection to West

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Common ancestors: Bantu

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Swahili City States basics

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Organization of cities and islands

29
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Swahili culture mix

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Mix of Arab and African culture

30
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Swahili City States trade

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Gold, ivory, rhino horn

31
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Swahili City States Portuguese

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Came and interaction was horrible

32
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Zimbabwe basics

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In between two rivers
Great Enclosure
Monarchy
No interaction

33
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Great Enclosure

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Zimbabwe

Stones stacked

Great Civ 2014-2015 (5 decks)

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