Africa

bantu group

west african trade kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai

east african trade kingdoms of Axum and Zimbabwe

Stories passed down from generation to generation are oral history

Queen Nzinga

Mansa Musa

Brought to West Africa through trade, most leaders adopted it

Timbuktu

Blend of Muslim and African culture

European country first brought slaves from Africa back to Europe in the 1440s was portugal

Climate Zones in Africa

West African trade goods were salt and gold

Crops grown by Europeans using African slaves were sugarcane, rice, tobacco, cotton

Aspects of African culture transplanted to new places through slavery that still influence our lives today are Art, Storytelling, Names and Music

patricians

plebians

House of Wisdom

Hundred Years War

Silk Roads

Joan of Arc