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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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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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what happened around 700 BCE in the Kingdom of Kush

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significant building but exists longer

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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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Nubian Kingdoms

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2500 BCE to 350 CE

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One of the Nubian Kingdoms

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Kingdom of kush

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Meor was the city of

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rulers

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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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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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the pyramids of Meroe were

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burial places for kings

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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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Gold was thought to be a
conduit for the ancestors
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what is shared between both cultures
gods
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Apedemak
Nubian god of war
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Apedemak had ____ parallel to Egyp gods
NO
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pyramids included statues of
kings, gold and silver jewllery
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where was a major power in the region (where Christianity began)
Rome
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Kingdom of Askum was a major kingdom in
East Africa
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where was the Kingdom of Aksum nowadays
Ethiopia
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Kingdom of Aksum
100 BCE to 825 CE
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when was Aksum Kingdom the most powerful
500s
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Aksum kingdom was at the height of its influence at the same time as
Rome declining and Byzantium rising
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one of the first states to become Christian in 300s
Aksum
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Christianity spreads from Aksum to
West Coast of Indian
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very little of what survived from Aksum
written script
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what happened by the 800s
Islam made its way into northern Africa and Aksum declines in power
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after Aksum declines, what remains
Christian community
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is Christianity only found in Europe and Rome
NO
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Aksumite monoliths
mega stone caved single piece of granite
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Who is associated with converting Aksum to Christianity
Ezana
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Aksumite monoliths are associated with
the earlier time that is more polytheistic
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Aksumite monoliths mark
gravesites
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larger Aksumite monoliths represent
graves of kings
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smaller Aksumite monoliths represent
regular people
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what makes Aksum very powerful traders between Mediterranea
control access to Red Sea
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crescent moons were symbols of
a god
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one of the earliest surviving Christian illuminated manuscript gospel books
Garima Gospels
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without support of the central state and wealth what happens to art
it declines and often shifts to isolated religious communities
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monasteries focus on
preserving information and copying texts
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Aksumite monasteries were often
isolated
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Lalibela carved 11 churches related to
a church in Jerusalem
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Bet Giyorgis would have been
painted
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churches would have all contained
a tabot or replication of the Ark of the Covanant
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churches would have all contained
a tabot or replication of the Ark of the Covenant
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Great Zimbabwe was home to people known as
Shona
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zimbabwe means
houses of stone
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zimbabwe refers to the
walls encircling communities or community that housed the regional leader
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stone enclosures are associated with
residence of king
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most famous art associated with Great Zimbabwe
8 large carved stone birds
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what was suggested about the carvers of the birds at Zimbabwe
females
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In Shona culture, what do birds symbolize
messengers
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Eagles are large birds and are appropriate for
important people
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West Africa was dominated by the
Niger River
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Nok people are associated with
West Africa
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Nok People
1000 BCE to 300 CE
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Kingdome of IFE most powerful in
West Africa
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Kingdom of IFE
1000 to 1400
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Nok is a name of
village where series of terracotta sculptures found
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surviving work from Nok is mostly
terracotta
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terracotta from Nok is very hard to
date
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Empire of Mali
declines in 1600s
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Empire of Mali was renowned for
its wealth and gold
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Empire of Mali was founded
1235 by Sundieta Keita
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what kingdom in West Africa is an important link in trade routes/silk road
Empire of Mali
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City of Djenne
ancient city
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by 800 City of Djenne had
grown to a large city
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City of Djenne was central to
trading between Sahara and south
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torons
projections of wood that are decorative but also functional
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torons are functional as
hold scaffolding for the mudding
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largest mud-brick structure in the world
Great Mosque of Djenne
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IFE is the
historic city of Yoruba people
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IFE flourished especially from
1000 to 1400
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trade is IFE is dominated by
flow of gold north into Sahara
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heads for IFE were seen as
locus of power and place
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the early tradition of IFE was
realistic terracotta heads
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metal heads for IFE were for
royalty
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IFE heads tended towards more
1. naturalism 2. symmetrty 3. beauty 4. small eyes 5. sense of immobility
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the expression of IFE heads was often
serenity or lack of expression
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holes found in IFE heads
1. neck 2. hairline 3. head for a crown
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Kingdom of Benin
1000 to 1897 CE
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Oba were used to ______ in Benin
line the alter

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