African Kingdom Notes
regional networks
trade networks that connected communities across different regions
ex. eurasia, mesoamerica, malacca, etc.
types of change:
spreading new ideas
creating new relationships
growth of major cities
changing of social hierarchies
emigration
leaving a country / region to settle in another
immigration
entering a country or region with the intent to settle there
Why do people migrate?
economic opportunity
education
family
environmental factors
conflict
religion
demographic features
labor standards
Push / Pull Factors
push factors cause people to move away
pull factors cause people to move in
The Bantu
farmers and nomads who spoke various dialects of Bantu language
most prevalent in west Africa
Nigeria
Cameroon
Gabon
agriculture
millet
sorghum
dry rice
beans
oil palms
melons
metalwork
iron from iron ore
craftsmen
pottery
weaving
traders
learned from
themselves
Phoenicians
Egyptians / Kushites
migration: 2000 BCE - 1200 CE
brought the abilities to metalwork and cultivate high-yield crops
traced by their language
migrated to colonize, lack of resources, inter-tribal conflict, and resource competition
impact: deforestation, village settlements, and spread their food everywhere
migrated South and East, and dominated with the exception of South Africa, the Namibian desert, and the south of Nigeria and Kenya
oral history
the collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events
non-western countries: oral history refers to the way that cultures passed down their history from generation to generation
often discredited due to being believed to be biased and unreliable / inaccurate
griots
high-ranking people in a West African tribe
comes from European languages