Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

Pre-Historic Africa

Kingdom of Kush[295 BCE 320 CE]Nubia [modern-day Sudan]

Pyramids of Kush at Mero

Pyramids of Kush at Mero

Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE

Kingdom of Axum [300-700]

Stele, Ezanas Royal Tomb,Aksum (4c)

Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]

Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]Coptic Christian Priest

AXUMS ACHIEVEMENTSControlled NE AfricanTradeWrittenLanguageSpread Christianityin No. & E. AfricaTerraceFarmingBuiltStelae

BerbersGOLDSALTGold-Salt Trade

Gold Money, Ghana/Ivory CoastGhana Empire [4c-11c]

Salt

Mali Empire [13c-15c]GOLDSALT

Timbuktu-Heavenly Clay

Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque

Tuaregs

Marketplace near the Niger River

Mosque in Gao

Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali

Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali

Sundiata [1210-1260]Lion Prince

Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]

European Map

Songhai Empire [15c-16c]GOLDSALT

Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]

Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]

Askia Mohammeds Tomb [1443-1538]Gao, Mali

Benin Empire [15c-19c]

Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)

Benin Bronze Leopard

BantuMigrations: 1000 BCETo500 CE

IslamicInvasions

African Trade Routes

Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. AfricaSWAHILI [the coast] = Bantu + some Arabic

Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar

Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450]Zimbabwe = stone enclosure

Great Zimbabwe Street

Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe

Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]

Overland & Sea Trade Routes by 16c

African Trade [15c-17c]