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1
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how many languages in how many language families

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2000 languages in 5 families

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how many countries

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54

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population

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1.2 billion

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the north is majority

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Muslim

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the south is majority

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Christian or Christian syncretic

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6
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what are examples of smaller groups of religions

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Buddhist and Hindu

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East Africa kingdoms

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  1. Kingdom of Kush
  2. Kingdom of Aksum
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Kingdom of Kush

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around 700 BCE

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9
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what happened around 700 BCE in the Kingdom of Kush

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significant building but exists longer

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10
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Kingdom of Aksum

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100 BCE to 825 CE

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The pyramids of Meroe have a cultural connection to

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Egypt and its southern neighbours

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12
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Nubian Kingdoms

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2500 BCE to 350 CE

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13
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One of the Nubian Kingdoms

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Kingdom of kush

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14
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Meor was the city of

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rulers

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15
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region of the Southern Nile was called ____ by Egyptians

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Nubia

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16
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Egypt was regularly trying to do what

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expand into this region

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17
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for some periods the Kushites ruled

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all of Egypt

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18
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The kingdom of Kush _____ and _____ in this region

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rises and falls

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19
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from about 2500 BCE

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Kush becomes a major and important site

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why was there regular trade and war between Egypt and Kush

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Kush had lots of gold that Egypt wanted

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The Meroe pyramids date from the

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latest part of Kush period

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22
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the pyramids of Meroe were

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burial places for kings

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23
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what is the difference between the Meroe pyramids and the Egyptian

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have smaller shrines marked by pylons

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where were small shrines found in Meroe pyramids

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at the entrance for ongoing worship after death

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25
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Gold was thought to be a

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conduit for the ancestors

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26
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what is shared between both cultures

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gods

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27
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Apedemak

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Nubian god of war

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28
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Apedemak had ____ parallel to Egyp gods

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NO

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29
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pyramids included statues of

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kings, gold and silver jewllery

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30
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where was a major power in the region (where Christianity began)

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Rome

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31
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Kingdom of Askum was a major kingdom in

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East Africa

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32
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where was the Kingdom of Aksum nowadays

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Ethiopia

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33
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Kingdom of Aksum

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100 BCE to 825 CE

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34
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when was Aksum Kingdom the most powerful

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500s

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35
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Aksum kingdom was at the height of its influence at the same time as

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Rome declining and Byzantium rising

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36
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one of the first states to become Christian in 300s

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Aksum

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37
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Christianity spreads from Aksum to

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West Coast of Indian

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38
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very little of what survived from Aksum

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written script

39
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what happened by the 800s

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Islam made its way into northern Africa and Aksum declines in power

40
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after Aksum declines, what remains

A

Christian community

41
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is Christianity only found in Europe and Rome

A

NO

42
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Aksumite monoliths

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mega stone caved single piece of granite

43
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Who is associated with converting Aksum to Christianity

A

Ezana

44
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Aksumite monoliths are associated with

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the earlier time that is more polytheistic

45
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Aksumite monoliths mark

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gravesites

46
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larger Aksumite monoliths represent

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graves of kings

47
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smaller Aksumite monoliths represent

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regular people

48
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what makes Aksum very powerful traders between Mediterranea

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control access to Red Sea

49
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crescent moons were symbols of

A

a god

50
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one of the earliest surviving Christian illuminated manuscript gospel books

A

Garima Gospels

51
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without support of the central state and wealth what happens to art

A

it declines and often shifts to isolated religious communities

52
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monasteries focus on

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preserving information and copying texts

53
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Aksumite monasteries were often

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isolated

54
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Lalibela carved 11 churches related to

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a church in Jerusalem

55
Q

Bet Giyorgis would have been

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painted

56
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churches would have all contained

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a tabot or replication of the Ark of the Covanant

57
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churches would have all contained

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a tabot or replication of the Ark of the Covenant

58
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Great Zimbabwe was home to people known as

A

Shona

59
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zimbabwe means

A

houses of stone

60
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zimbabwe refers to the

A

walls encircling communities or community that housed the regional leader

61
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stone enclosures are associated with

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residence of king

62
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most famous art associated with Great Zimbabwe

A

8 large carved stone birds

63
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what was suggested about the carvers of the birds at Zimbabwe

A

females

64
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In Shona culture, what do birds symbolize

A

messengers

65
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Eagles are large birds and are appropriate for

A

important people

66
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West Africa was dominated by the

A

Niger River

67
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Nok people are associated with

A

West Africa

68
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Nok People

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1000 BCE to 300 CE

69
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Kingdome of IFE most powerful in

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West Africa

70
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Kingdom of IFE

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1000 to 1400

71
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Nok is a name of

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village where series of terracotta sculptures found

72
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surviving work from Nok is mostly

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terracotta

73
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terracotta from Nok is very hard to

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date

74
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Empire of Mali

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declines in 1600s

75
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Empire of Mali was renowned for

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its wealth and gold

76
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Empire of Mali was founded

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1235 by Sundieta Keita

77
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what kingdom in West Africa is an important link in trade routes/silk road

A

Empire of Mali

78
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City of Djenne

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ancient city

79
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by 800 City of Djenne had

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grown to a large city

80
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City of Djenne was central to

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trading between Sahara and south

81
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torons

A

projections of wood that are decorative but also functional

82
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torons are functional as

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hold scaffolding for the mudding

83
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largest mud-brick structure in the world

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Great Mosque of Djenne

84
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IFE is the

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historic city of Yoruba people

85
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IFE flourished especially from

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1000 to 1400

86
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trade is IFE is dominated by

A

flow of gold north into Sahara

87
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heads for IFE were seen as

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locus of power and place

88
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the early tradition of IFE was

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realistic terracotta heads

89
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metal heads for IFE were for

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royalty

90
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IFE heads tended towards more

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  1. naturalism
  2. symmetrty
  3. beauty
  4. small eyes
  5. sense of immobility
91
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the expression of IFE heads was often

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serenity or lack of expression

92
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holes found in IFE heads

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  1. neck
  2. hairline
  3. head for a crown
93
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Kingdom of Benin

A

1000 to 1897 CE

94
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Oba were used to ______ in Benin

A

line the alter

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