Intro to ancient Africa
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Intro to ancient Africa Intro to ancient Africa
““The birthplace of the human The birthplace of the human race”race”
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Oldest human remains have been Oldest human remains have been found in Africafound in Africa
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Africa’s Beginning…Africa’s Beginning…
• 5000 BCE—Sahara was a grassland site for HUNTING, FISHING, and FARMING COMMUNITIES
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• 4000 BCE—Africa’s climate became drier.
• This caused people to move SOUTHWARD to look for water
• The dry air caused the Sahara area to become a DESERT
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1350 BCE—Aksum defeated Kush
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• Controlled TRADING ROUTES that connected Africa and Europe
• The Aksum Empire
was influenced by trade
with the ROMAN EMPIRE—
so they embraced
Christianity
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WEST AFRICAWEST AFRICA
• Traders crossed the Sahara to exchange SALT and COPPER for west Africa’s GOLD and KOLA NUTS
• In West Africa—GHANA, MALI, SONGHAI grew wealthy kingdoms
• These kingdoms were located just SOUTH of the TRANS-SAHARA route and became major trade centers
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salt
copperCopper and salt moved WEST
gold
Kola nuts
Gold and kola nuts moved EAST
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Africa’s 5 RegionsAfrica’s 5 Regions
• Africa is the 2nd largest continent next to Asia
• Lies in every HEMISPHERE
• HAS A VARIETY OF CLIMATE ZONES
• HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF MINERAL SOURCES
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AFRICA IS DIVIDED INTO 5 AFRICA IS DIVIDED INTO 5 PHYSICAL REGIONSPHYSICAL REGIONS
• AFRICA HAS A SERIES OF 8 PLATEAUS
NORTH:
Sahara desert, Nile River delta, Atlas Mts.
--excellent farmland
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• WEST: Sahel---semi dry area --rich in mineral resources-oil and mining
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• CENTRAL: rainforest—tropical jungles
• rainforest animals
Most endangered animals
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• EAST: Rift Valley—a sunken valley Serengeti—tall grass lands were animals inhabit
• Lake Victoria—2nd
largest fresh water
lake
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• SOUTH:– Desert lands—Kalahari and Namid – Swamp lands—Okavango Delta
Namid sand dune
Okavango Delta