Africa and the Outside World: 1500-1880s

Flashcards about Africa and the Outside World from 1500-1880s

Funj

Cattle-keeping pastoralists who rose in Nubia around the early 1500s and established the Funj Sultanate.

Abdallabi

Arab Muslim state that was a rival to the Funj in Nubia.

Sennar

The location where the Funj established the Funj Sultanate.

Sa'did Dynasty

The dynasty that unified Morocco in the 16th century.

Ahmad al-Mansur

Moroccan Sultan who ruled from 1578-1603 and under whom Morocco reached its peak of power.

Battle of al-Kasr al-Kabir

Battle where Morocco defeated the Portuguese in 1578, securing independence.

Alawid Dynasty

Dynasty that rose to power in Morocco in 1669 and restored national unity.

Benin City

The capital of the Benin Empire, known for its walled structure, wide streets, wooden houses, and bronze sculptures.

Empire of Oyo

Empire formed in the 17th century by uniting several Yoruba chieftaincies in present-day southwestern Nigeria.

Agriculture

The main economic activity in the Oyo Empire.

Benin

The modern day country where the Kingdom of Dahomey was located.

Abomey Amazons

The name for the elite female military units in the Kingdom of Dahomey.

Kingdom of Ashante (Ashanti)

A leading Akan kingdom in present-day Ghana, founded at the end of the 17th century.

Ashantehene

The title of the king of the Ashante kingdom.

Tributes, Gold Trade, Slave Trade, Kola Nuts

The source of wealth for the Ashanti kingdom.

Kingdom of Buganda

Kingdom located in the Great Lakes region, northwest of Lake Victoria, in modern Uganda.

Kabaka

The title held by rulers of Buganda.

Kingdom of Rwanda

Kingdom located southwest of Buganda, in modern Rwanda.

Tutsi

Ethnic group that was the ruling class in Rwanda.

The Kingdom of Kongo

Kingdom founded around 1400 in west-central Africa, located south of the Congo River in today’s DR Congo and northern Angola.

Bakongo people

Bantu-speaking people inhabited the Kingdom of Kongo known for agriculture, iron smelting, weaving, pottery, and metalwork.

Manikongo

The ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo.

Mbanza Kongo

Capital city of the Kongo Kingdom.

Torwa State

State that emerged in the late 15th century after the decline of Great Zimbabwe.

Khami (Danangombe)

The capital of the Torwa state, known for its advanced stone architecture.

Mutapa Empire (Mwene Mutapa)

Empire founded by Mutota, a northern Shona leader, in the late 15th century.

Rozwi Empire

Empire founded by Changamire in the 1670s, after breaking from the Mutapa.

Rozwi

Military force formed by the followers of Changamire.

Shaka Zulu

Military leader who reorganized the Zulu army into powerful regiments and introduced new military tactics.

Iklwa

The short stabbing spear introduced by Shaka Zulu.

Janissaries

Elite infantry in the Ottoman military.

Millet System

System introduced by the Ottomans which allowed religious communities limited autonomy.

Senussi Movement

Religious movement founded by Mohammed Ben Ali as-Senussi in the 1840s which promoted a return to the simplicity of early Islam.

1415

Year that the Portuguese occupied Ceuta in Morocco, marking their first foothold in Africa

Diogo Cão

Navigator who reached the mouth of the Congo River in 1482, claiming the area for Portugal.

Ngola

The king of Ndongo (northern Angola) who allied with the Portuguese.

Angola

Name applied to the region of Ndongo by the Portuguese after the King's title.

Queen Nzinga Mbande

Queen who resisted the Portuguese in Ndongo for over 40 years.

King Afonso I

King who adopted Catholicism, modeled his government after Portugal, and built churches in the Kingdom of Kongo.

Pawned

The method of acquisition for slaves in Africa through being mortgaged due to debt.

Trans-Saharan route

Trading route from West Africa to North Africa.

Red Sea Trade

Trading route where slaves were taken from Ethiopia and Nubia.

Indian Ocean Trade

Trading route where slaves were exported from East Africa to Arabia, the Persian Gulf, and Indian Ocean islands.

Portuguese

First nation to transport African slaves.

Free Trade

British law that enabled free trade in 1689.

The Middle Passage

The transatlantic journey endured by slaves.

1807

The key dates for when Britain abolished slavery.

Benin

State that saw minimal impacts based on their limited participation in the slave trade.

1652

The year that the Dutch East India Company established a permanent base at the Cape of Good Hope.

Boers

Permanent farmers following the VOC releasing soldiers.

Wars

Conflicts between the Dutch and Khoisan over land led to these events.

Great Trek

The event of the Dutch migrating north in 1830s/1840s.

Africa

What the African Association sought to explore (reach Timbuktu and map the Niger River).

Nile, Zambezi, Congo

Rivers were seen as potential trade routes into the African interior.

CMS, Wesleyan Methodist, LMS, and Moravian Missions

Notable European missionaries who helped gain new followers.