last bit Flashcards
what form did Algerian resistance to the French take
a jihad
Who was the leader of the resistance
Abd al-Quadir a gifted holy man from western Algeria
By what year could the French finally consider themselves victorious
1879
what was the situation of land in Algeria at the close of the century?
most airable land was in the hands of whit settlers workd by an arab-berber peasantry
What factors led to the decline of Songhay?
Civil War in the 1580s emerging from a series of short reigns and dynastic disputes. A loosening of control over trading network as in the east Hasa states, Bornu and the Tuareg sultanate f Aire grew and diverted trade routes away from the west and the Akean forest people diverted gold to European traders
Whot Kongo forest kingdoms provided links with the slave trade
Kuba of the mid-Kasai region, Luongo on the coast or tio north of the Malebo pool
what kind of tactics did the French army use in ALgeria
scorched earth
what was the size of the French Army by th end of th 1840s?
1000000
Describe the Moroccan invading army of Songhat
40000 soldiers 6000 noncombatants and 100000camels
