World History Pre-Modern Africa

Migrations of the had their greatest impact on

Bantu,sub-Saharan Africa 

The cultivation of resulted in a huge increase in  

bananas,population,sub-Saharan Africa 

arose in the basin of the

Kingdom of Kongo,Congo River 

        was perhaps the most tightly         of the early          

Kongo,centralized,Bantu kingdoms 

undermined the authority of the and the (and ended the ) 

Portuguese slave traders,kings,central government,Kingdom of Kongo

Most of the population of lived in

sub-Saharan Africa,villages

The institution of privately owned did not exist in

property, sub-Saharan Africa 

        did relatively little to curtail the opportunities available to         or         their status in           during the         

Islam,women,compromise,sub-Saharan Africa,Middle Ages 

Most were obtained as captives of

slaves,war

and were important features of sub-Saharan Africa during the

Slave trading, slaveholding,society,Middle Ages

accumulation of enhanced or to display their .  

slaves,individuals,families,wealth

accumulation of         enhanced individuals or families positions in         and increased their             (or other           ) of           .  

slaves,society,agricultural,commercial areas,production

turned increasingly to to meet the demand for  

Muslim merchants,sub-Saharan Africa,slavery 

The was a sizeable affair in during the . 

Islamic slave trade,sizeable affair,sub-Saharan Africa,Middle Ages

Between ., it has been estimated that the number of transported to may have exceeded ! 

750 and 1500 A.D, Africans slaves, foreign lands, 10 million

one of the largest of these revolts that took place was         in about         in           by             against their            . 

the Zanj revolt,869 A.D.,southern Mesopotamia,sub-Saharan slaves,Islamic holders

Thus during the sub-Saharan Africans believed that their did play an in their

Middle Ages,ancestors,active role,lives 

Thus by the middle of the a was established in called that was involved in

300’s  AD,Christian kingdom,modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea,Axum,heavily,trade  

Thus the first major to bring to was

European country,Christianity,sub-Saharan Africa,Portugal

The         would become know           

camel,“the ship of the desert” 

Thus first major of sub-Saharan during the was the

kingdom,West Africa,Middle Ages,Kingdom of Ghana 

Thus the most major from the was

important,export,Kingdom of Ghana, gold 

founded the Mali Empire

Sundiata

Like the earlier          , they practiced         

Ghana kingdom,Islam

The reached its high point under   (r. 1312-1337) the

Mali empire,high point,Mansa Musa,grand-nephew of Sundiata  

The completely the

Songhay Empire,overran,Mali Empire

Each of these developed into powerful by a

sites,city-states,governed,king  

In addition to city-states arising along the Indian Ocean, an example of an East African interior kingdom that had its locus in the modern country of        but stretched to the Indian Ocean at         was the          

Zimbabwe,Sofala,kingdom of Zimbabwe 

the ruling and the of converted to

elites,wealthy merchants,East Africa,Islam