Ancient Africa Flashcards
Africa geography basics
“Old continent”
Raised, above sea level
Lots of rivers and waterfalls
Africa geography quote
“Mother Africa was not even handed in her dealings with her children”
Mild/medditeranean Africa
Nice agriculture
Lots of rainfall
Desert Africa
First a barrier then a bridge
Lots of salt
Camels
Camels in desert in Africa
Ships of the desert
Savanna Africa
Agriculture is possible but hard
Unreliable rain
Soil problems
Good trade
Rainforest Africa
Lots of rain
Low agriculture
Low trade
Tsetse fly affects animals
General political system Africa
Monarchy and advisors
General social system Africa
Lineage system Upperclass were religious and owned animals
Slavery Africa
Generally bad lives
Not much mobility
Mobility Africa
Kind of okay
Women Africa
Matrilineal, had pretty good lives
Traditional religion Africa
Henotheistic: one supreme being and lesser gods
Animism: spirits in everything
Afterlife is super important
Ancestors are important
Similarities between different places in Africa
Bantu migrations from NW to E and SE
General isolation of African civilizations
Isolated
Griot Africa
Record keepers, oral history
SSA civilizations
West Africa, Ghana, Mali
West Africa basics
Ocean boundaries
Advantages: gold, iron trade
Ghana basics
Grassland and some dessert
The Ghana
Trade
Strong army
The Ghana
The King
The absolute ruler
Had gold control
Traditional African Religion
Trade Ghana
Very important
Silent Trade: Ghana didn’t want people to know about their culture and them, no interactions
Name of Ghana
Ghana was not actual name, but got called that by a visiter
Mali basics
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
Timbuktu
Islam
Sundiata
In Mali
Founder
