ancient mesoamerica & the west african bantu migrations
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Ancient Mesoamerica & the West African Bantu Migrations. In the Americas, two early civilizations existed: the Olmec, in what we know today as Mexico from 1200 to 1400 B.C.E…. …and the Chavin in the Andes from 900 to 300 B.C.E. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ancient Mesoamerica & the West African Bantu Migrations
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In the Americas, two early civilizations existed: the Olmec, in what we know today as Mexico from 1200 to 1400
B.C.E…..
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…and the Chavin in the Andes from 900 to 300 B.C.E.
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The Olmecs were an urban society supported by surpluses of corn,
beans, and squash.
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Like most early societies, they mastered irrigation techniques
and constructed large-scale buildings.
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They were polytheistic, and developed a system of writing
and a calendar.
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The Chavin was another urban civilization, whose people were
also polytheistic.
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But, while mostly agricultural, they also had access to the coast, and therefore supplemented
their diet with seafood.
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The Chavin developed ways to use metals in tools and weapons.
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Interestingly the Chavin used llamas as their beast of burden.
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These civilizations demonstrate that the same patterns of civilizations can develop without exposure to
other civilizations.
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In addition, neither the Olmec nor the Chavin civilization developed
in a river valley.
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However, the Olmec and Chavin had access to water from streams and
water, no but no major river system served as the generator of
agricultural production or as the hub of culture and transportation.
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Their existence disproves the hypothesis that river valleys are essential for the emergence of
early civilizations.
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Ancient Bantu Africa
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Beginning around 1500 B.C.E., farmers in Niger and Benue River valleys in
West Africa began migrating south and east, bringing with them their languages and their knowledge of
agriculture and metallurgy.
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This migration, referred to as the Bantu migrations, continued
over the course of the next 2,000 years.
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Bantu speakers gradually moved into areas formerly occupied by nomads, some of whom simply
moved on….
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…and some of whom adopted the more sedentary culture of the
Bantu.
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It is generally believed that the migration was spurred by climatic changes,
which made the area now know as the Sahara Desert too dry to live in.
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People moved south out of the Sahara into the Bantu’s homeland, which in turn
caused them to move to the forests of Central Africa, then eventually beyond
the forests to the east and south.
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However, not all Bantu-speakers moved away. Further north in the upper
Niger River valley can be found the remains of Jenne-Jeno, believed to be
the first city in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Beginning as a small fishing settlement around 250 B.C.E.
and reaching urban size in 400 C.E…
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… Jenne-Juno is unusual because although it reached urban density,
its architecture suggests that it was not a hierarchically organized
society.
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Instead, archeologists believe that it was a unique form of urbanism
comprising a collection of individual communities.
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Once again, not all human societies have always followed the same path
toward civilization, and that urbanization does not necessarily
mean centralization.
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Why do people migrate? People migrate for the same reason
animals do: to find food, and a hospitable environment in which
to live.
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Migration
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Nomadic peoples by definition are migratory, moving from place to place with the seasons to follow
food sources.
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Agricultural peoples also migrated, following the seasons and
therefore agricultural cycles.
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To maintain a stable home, people also migrated to avoid natural disasters or climatic changes that permanently change the
environment...
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…making it too hot and dry (example: the Sahara’s Desert’s
expansion)…
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….too cold (Ice Ages), or too wet (flooding cycles of major rivers
such as the Yellow River in China).
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Migration isn’t something that only ancient peoples do, though, and isn’t always solely the result
of random environmental change.
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Overpopulation of a particular area can exhaust the food supply,
forcing people to move elsewhere, often displacing a
smaller or weaker population in the process.
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Massive migrations of people from Ireland during the famines of the
mid-19th century were caused by a mix of politics, destructive
farming methods…
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…and an unpleasant fungus that wiped out the populace’s main
source of food.
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The Jewish Diaspora, the slave trade…
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… and the waves of immigrants coming from Europe to the Americas in the late
19th and early 20th centuries are examples of more modern-day
migrations caused by people rather than nature.
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