cw2 – p14 vocab & p24 vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf ·...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf · •The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests ... •Muslim](https://reader034.vdocuments.site/reader034/viewer/2022042106/5e84a6a2294ac2583f3e4f2e/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocab
![Page 2: CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf · •The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests ... •Muslim](https://reader034.vdocuments.site/reader034/viewer/2022042106/5e84a6a2294ac2583f3e4f2e/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
West African Empires
• As part of the diverse African geography, there were huge forests in west Africa
• The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests and became wealthy
• Soon great western Sudanese (part of the Savannah) empire rose up.
![Page 3: CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf · •The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests ... •Muslim](https://reader034.vdocuments.site/reader034/viewer/2022042106/5e84a6a2294ac2583f3e4f2e/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Ghana• Ghana means “king” and the kings of
Ghana were some of the richest in the ancient world
• They became rich by taxing the trade that ran through their lands (especially salt and gold)
• Capital of Ghana was the amazing city of Kumbi Saleh
• Soon Muslim invaders from the north conquered the empire.
![Page 4: CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf · •The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests ... •Muslim](https://reader034.vdocuments.site/reader034/viewer/2022042106/5e84a6a2294ac2583f3e4f2e/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Mali
• After the fall of Ghana, many groups fought for power, the Mandinka warriors under Sundiata won and formed the Empire of Mali
• It was located a little bit south of Ghana but included much of the same area (included the gold mines)
• Mali and Sundiata were Muslims, their capital was Timbuktu (great city)
• Reached peak under Mansa Musa, super wealthy and took a pilgrimage to show that wealth
![Page 5: CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf · •The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests ... •Muslim](https://reader034.vdocuments.site/reader034/viewer/2022042106/5e84a6a2294ac2583f3e4f2e/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Songhai
• Last great empire of west Africa• Founded by Sunni Ali after he defeated Mali• Muslim empire with its capital in Timbuktu• They were no match for the Moroccan army
(guns/cannons) and later were susceptible to Europeans on the coast.
![Page 6: CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf · •The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests ... •Muslim](https://reader034.vdocuments.site/reader034/viewer/2022042106/5e84a6a2294ac2583f3e4f2e/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Other African States
Senegambia Part of former Mali empire, had social hierarchy (slaves at bottom)
Akan Traded gold for guns with Euros, then used guns to spread and capture slaves for Euros
Benin Benin City (capital) became rich off the European slave trade as well
Kongo & Angola In central Africa, unstable due to religious dispute, ensnared in the slave trade.
• Small states that were in turmoil, became a part of the Atlantic Slave Trade in various ways
![Page 7: CW2 – p14 Vocab & p24 Vocabscheper.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/5/38451789/west_africa.pdf · •The people of west Africa traded the resources they found in the forests ... •Muslim](https://reader034.vdocuments.site/reader034/viewer/2022042106/5e84a6a2294ac2583f3e4f2e/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
W African Culture
Families/Villages Patrilineal or matrilineal, small villages, few possessions, little technology
Women Men could take many wives, but women could participate in society (unlike other Muslim areas)
Class/Slavery Had hierarchy, slaves at the bottom (POWs or criminals)
Religion Two: Islam and indigenous (native)
Art/Music Religious art, call and response singing
Literature Oral histories (griots)