CLWH Chapter 13

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The Kingdom of Ghana
controlled the trans-Saharan trade by taxing for gold

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kings of Ghana gained financial resources they needed to field a large army and influence affairs in West Africa

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major gold trader
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Mali Empire
13th century, replaced Ghana

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continued to control the trans-Saharan trade
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What is the main commercial and cultural center of the Mali and Songhay empires?
Timbuktu
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The Songhay Empire
emerged when the Mali empire weakened and became the dominant power of the western grasslands
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Sunni Ali
(1464-1493) reined Songhay ruler

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embarked on a campaign to conquer his neighbors and consolidate the Songhay Empire

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he brought the important trading cities of Timbuktu and Jenne under his control and used their wealth to dominate the central Niger valley
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What did Sunni Ali build?
he built an elaborate administrative and military apparatus to oversee affairs in his realm

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he also appointed governors to provinces and instituted a hierarchy of command that turned his army into an effective military force

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created an imperial navy to patrol the Niger River
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What caused the Fall of Songhay
musket-bearing Moroccan army trekked across the Sahara and attacked the Songhay forces
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Swahili empire
prominent empire in east Africa

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declined around the same time as the Songhay Empire

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What did Portuguese mariner **Vasco da Gama** do?
skirmished with local forces on the eastern coast

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1502- forced rulers of Kilwa to pay tribute

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1505: Portuguese gunships dominate Swahili ports

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constructed forts through the region to control trade however they did not succeed and disrupted trade patterns to send Swahili states into a decline
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Kingdom of Kongo
the best known kingdom in central Africa

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abundant written records throw light on its experience in early modern times

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had relations which **Portuguese** their goal was to make relationships and striking deals with African leaders, and bringing riches/objects from trade back to Europe
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King Nzinga Mbemba
King of Kongo (1506-1542)

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also known as Alfonso I (his Christian name)

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converts to Christianity and wanted everyone to convert all his subjects to Christianity
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Slave raiding in Kongo
Portuguese traded textiles, weapons, advisers, and artisans to Kongo

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in exchange they expected high-value merchandises such as copper, ivory, and enslaved people

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Portuguese often did slaving expeditions and made alliances with local authorities and provided them with weapons in exchange for captured people

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Kongo Kings tried to appeal to slow down slave trade but the Portuguese attack Kongo and decapitate the king in 1665
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Kingdom of Ndongo (Angola)
gains wealth and independence from Kongo via slave trade
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Queen Nzinga
resisted Portuguese influence by possing as a male king

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establishes a temporary alliance with Dutch in unsuccessful attempt to expel Portuguese

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after her death there was a decline of Ndongo power
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Chieftans
controlled the commerce of merchants from the Swahili city-states of coastal east Africa and increased in wealth, enhanced their power, and extended their authority
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Great Zimbabwe
1300

a massive, stone-fortified city and dominated the gold-bearing plain between the Zambesi and Limpopo rivers
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Who did the Dutch mariners encounter in 1652?
Khoikhoi people (Hottentots)

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the Dutch claimed land for themselves and commanded Khoikhoi labor which eventually led to the formation of Dutch and British colonies in Africa
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What did Timbuktu become by the 16th century?
the most prominent Islamic university and 180 schools that taught Quran
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Which two religions became more popular in sub-Saharan Africa?
Islam and Christianity

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Islam being more adopted in the commercial centers of west Africa and the Swahili city-states of east Africa
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What happened to African traditions and beliefs once Islam became adopted in their culture?
African Muslims blended with Islam

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created a syncretic style of Islam and women became more associated with each other
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The Fulani
waged a series of wars designed to impose their own strict interpretation of Islam

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founded powerful states and promoted the spread of Islam beyond the cities to the countryside
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Who found interests in rulers like King Afonso I of Kongo and why?
Portuguese community

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adopted European-style Christianity
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Antonian movement
particularly influential form of Christianity

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18th century
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Dona Beatriz
began the Antonian movement in 1704

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proclaimed that St. Anthony of Padua had possessed her and chosen her to communicate his messages

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gained a reputation for working miracles and curing diseases and promoted an African form of Christianity

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taught that Jesus was a black African man and Kongo was the true holy land of Christianity and heaven was for Africans

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burned at a stake when Christian missionaries persuaded King Pedro IV of Kongo
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What American crops were brought in to Africa?
**manioc** (most important: high yield and thrived in tropical soil, *staple bread flour*), maize, and peanuts

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supplemented bananas, yams, rice, and millet, the principal staple foods of sub-Saharan Africa

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increased food supply **boost population growth** despite the slave trade
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What were slaves seen as?
a form of private investment, a type of heritable property, and a means of measuring wealth

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the more slaves you had the more you were able to harvest crops and accumulate more wealth than others
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Which areas were most vulnerable to slave trade and why?
Societies between Senegal and Angola due to their proximity to the most active slave ports
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Which countries resisted slave trade
Rwanda, Bugunda, Masai, Turkana
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2/3 of all Africans enslaved were…
young men between fourteen and thirty-five years of age
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Why was polygyny embraced by Angolans?
women made up more than two-thirds of the adult population of Angola and there was not enough men around to reproduce children

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there was a continuous demand for new shipments of enslaved people and there was not many men due to high mortality rates

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women often took on duties that were the responsibility of men aswell
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Why did violence escalate between African states and kingdoms in the late 17th century?
increase in the exchange of enslaved people for European firearms

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with the use of firearms kingdom of Dahomey captured people for unarmed neighboring societies and exchange them for more weapons
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Which regions were most slaves in?
tropical and subtropical regions
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What was the original major cash crop?
sugar
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What did plantations heavily rely on?
slaves
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Why was South America (Caribbean) constantly importing slaves?
tropical diseases such as malaria and yellow fever

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brutal working conditions, sanitation, nutrition

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gender imbalances
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Why was North America better for slaves compared to the South?
conditions were bad in the south and mainly men were working

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north America had less diseases and more normal sex ratio
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Maroons
slaves who ran away from the plantation and often raided nearby plantations for arms, tools, provisions, and other enslaved people
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Saint-Domingue
revolt to abolish slavery as an institution and the enslaved Africans of Saint-Domingue declared independence from France and renamed the name Haiti
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creole language
several African and European languages
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Olaudah Equiano
former slave authors best-selling autobiography’

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Eloquent attacks on institutions of slavery
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what financially caused slavery to stop
military expenses to prevent rebellions

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price of sugar falls; price of slaves rises

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wage labor becomes efficient
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