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Kingdoms in Ancient West Africa
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Desert
Desert
Savannah
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Rivers Oceans Deserts Mountains Lakes
Nile River Red Sea Sahara Desert Atlas Mountains Lake VictoriaZambezi River Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert Mount Kilimanjaro
Lake NyasaZaire River Indian Ocean Nubian Desert
Lake TanganyikaNiger River Atlantic Ocean
Persian Gulf
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Rivers Oceans Deserts Mountains Lakes
Nile River Red Sea Sahara Desert Atlas Mountains Lake Victoria
Zambezi River Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert Mount Kilimanjaro Lake Nyasa
Zaire River Indian Ocean Nubian Desert Lake Tanganyika
Niger River Atlantic Ocean
Persian Gulf
Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
Persian Gulf
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Rivers Oceans Deserts Mountains LakesNile River Red Sea Sahara Desert Atlas Mountains Lake VictoriaZambezi River Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert Mount Kilimanjaro Lake NyasaZaire River Indian Ocean Nubian Desert
Lake TanganyikaNiger River Atlantic Ocean
Persian Gulf
Niger River
Nile River
Zambezi River
Zaire River
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Rivers Oceans Deserts Mountains Lakes
Nile River Red Sea Sahara Desert Atlas Mountains Lake Victoria
Zambezi River Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert Mount Kilimanjaro Lake NyasaZaire River Indian Ocean Nubian Desert
Lake TanganyikaNiger River Atlantic Ocean
Persian Gulf
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Kalahari Desert
Sahara Desert
Nubian Desert
Atlas Mts.
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Rivers Oceans Deserts Mountains Lakes
Nile River Red Sea Sahara Desert Atlas Mountains Lake Victoria
Zambezi River Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert Mount Kilimanjaro Lake NyasaZaire River Indian Ocean Nubian Desert
Lake TanganyikaNiger River Atlantic Ocean
Persian Gulf
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Nyasa
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Rivers Oceans Deserts Mountains Lakes
Nile River Red Sea Sahara Desert Atlas Mountains Lake Victoria
Zambezi River Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert Mount Kilimanjaro Lake Nyasa
Zaire River Indian Ocean Nubian Desert Lake Tanganyika
Niger River Atlantic Ocean Persian Gulf
Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
Persian Gulf
Atlas Mts.
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Kalahari Desert
Sahara Desert
Nubian Desert
Niger River
Nile River
Zambezi River
Zaire River
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Nyasa
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AFRICA TODAY
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Kingdoms of West Africa
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There were many empires in West Africa.
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Three important West African empires were Ghana
MaliSonghai
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Ghana Empire, 790 -1240
The three empires of West Africa: Ghana
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The three empires of West Africa: Mali
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The three empires of West Africa: Songhai
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The empires of West Africa grew along the Niger River.West African farmers earned money by growing rice and other crops along the Niger River.
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An old map of the Niger River
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West Africans also earned money through trade.
West African traders traveled in camel caravans the Sahara desert.
Camel caravan in the Sahara Desert.
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West African traders also used the Niger River for transportation.
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The Niger River today. People use pirogues to cross the river in places were there are no bridges.
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Photo of a village on the Niger River.http://www.mulfry.org/MulFry/Mali/images/Niger_River_10.jpg
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Making mud bricks in front of a warehouse in Mali.http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsca/09500/09588v.jpg
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West African traders earned a lot of money by trading two valuable things:
salt
and
gold
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West African traders earned a lot of money buy trading two valuable things:
Salt was used to preserve food. This helped people survive. Traders brought salt from the northern part of West Africa.
People loved gold because it was beautiful. Gold came from the southern part of West Africa around the Niger River.
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Ghana Empire, 790 -1240
Ghana was the first empire in West Africa.
The capital city of Ghana
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Ghana Empire, 790 -1240
Ghana was the first empire in West Africa.
Wagadu is the correct name.‘Ghana’ means king.
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salt
gold
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From Northern African, traders also brought salt
silk
cotton
glass beads
horses
mirrors and
dates.
From the West African empire of Ghana, traders brought
gold
pepper
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From Northern African, traders also brought salt
silk
cotton
glass beads
horses
mirrors and
dates.
From the West African empire of Ghana, traders brought
gold
pepper and
slaves.
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Commercial agreement.
This is an agreement among merchants involved in the sale and transportation of slaves between Timbuktu in Mali and Ghadamas in Libya.Loaned by the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, Timbuktu, Mali (21) Mali http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/images/amm0021rs.jpg
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slave =
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slave = a person who works with no pay
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slavery =
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slavery = about slaves
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Slavery in Africa:
People could become slaves during war time. Captured prisoners could be sent away from their families and become slaves far from home.
Some groups kidnapped others to acquire slaves.
Most slaves were women.
Most slaves did farm work.
Grandchildren of slaves often became free.
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The Law of Slavery:The author discusses slavery in West Africa during the 1600s.
Slavery is based on Islamic law.The author notes that the fundamental and original nature of humanity is that individuals are free. People may be enslaved only under certain very specific rules governed by Islamic law.
Ahmad Baba ibn Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Tumbukti.Miraj al-Suud ila nayl Majlub al-Sudan(Ahmad Baba Answers a Moroccan's Questions about Slavery).Loaned by the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, Timbuktu, Mali
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Certificate of emancipation for female slave.
Loaned by the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library,Timbuktu, Malihttp://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/mali-checklist.html
This certificate gives a detailed physical description of a woman granted her freedom by her owner. The follows Islamic law.
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First, the merchants of Ghana traded with the Romans.
Later, they traded with North African Muslims.
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The people of Ghana learned about Islam from North African traders.
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Traders helped to make Islam popular in North Africa.
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http://africa.si.edu/collections/rsdadvnNav.asp?BrowseMode=3&offset=0
Young Muslim students learned to read the Quran by studying Writing Boards like this one.
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- - - - - Trade Routes
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The kings of Ghana became rich and powerful because they controlled the business of trade.
1. Traders had to pay taxes to the kings.2. The kings made it safe for the traders to travel.
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Religious Leaders v. Religious Leaders
Traders v. Traders
Fighting between groups destroyed the Empire of Ghana in the 1100s.
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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mali/hd_mali.htm
Mali was the second great empire of West Africa.
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Sundiata was a great leader of Mali.
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Sundiata was a Mandinka warrior. He ruled Mali beginning around 1210 for 25 years.
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Griots are story tellers who pass on history from adults to children.Griots passed on the story of Sundiata.
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Griots tell the story of how Sundiata defeated Sumanguru in a great battle.
Sumanguru challenging Sundjata in a play performed in Columbus, Ohio.
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http://www.eastafricanpublishers.com/images/sundiata.gif
Mali = ‘where the emperor lives.’
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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mali/hd_mali.htm
Timbuktu was the most important city in Mali.
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Timbuktu was the center for trade.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_of_Bilad_el-Sudan
Timbuktu was the most important city in Mali. It was a center for business, Islam and education.
Caravan approaching Timbuktu in 1853 (from Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa by Prof. Dr. Heinrich Barth, vol. iv, London 1858)
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http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/images/amm0011rs.jpg A Math Book from Timbuktu
Using charts and examples of problems, the author shows the rules of addition, subtraction,multiplication and division. The text was used extensively by students inTimbuktu and North Africa.
Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Rasmuki.Kashf al-Hijab li-Asfiya' al-Ahbab an Ajnihatal-Righab fi Marifat al-Hisab (Explanations of the Problems in Arithmetic with Examples).Loaned by the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, Timbuktu, MaliProf. Dr. Heinrich Barth, vol. iv, London 1858
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2008/07/timbuktu.jpg
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http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/html/features/where_to_go/images/10Oct/07_timbuktu.jpg
The Great Mosque of Timbuktu today
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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mali/hd_mali.htm
Jenne was another important city in Mali.
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The Great Mosque of Jenne was built in the 1200s.http://sacredsites.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_11&products_id=29
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Http://osualexander.googlepages.com/mansa_musa.jpg/mansa_musa-full;init:.jpg
Mansa Musa was the grandson of Sundiata. He became the leader of Mali in 1312.
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http://www.cyberstump.com/civ4/leaderheads/mansamusa.jpg
Mansa Musa was a Muslim.
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He was famous for traveling on the hajj, a religious trip that Muslims take to Mecca, in 1324.
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hajj = pilgrimage = religious journey to Mecca
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, todayhttp://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/musa/mecca.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_Mediterranean_Catalan_Atlas.jpegMansa Musa’s journey to Mecca was very famous. A Spanish map-maker made this map about Mansa Musa’s haj.
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http://www.danstopicals.com/catalan.htm
Mansa Musa journeyed from West Africa to northern Africa, then east to Saudi Arabia. He traveled with thousands of people and gave away a lot of gold.
Mansa Musa carrying gold nuggets.
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http://www.danstopicals.com/catalan.htm
When Mansa Musa returned to Mali, he brought architects to design mosques, schools and libraries.
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The leaders that followed after Mansa Musa were weak.There was trouble in Mali. The leaders of Songhai conquered Mali.
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Songhai was the third great West African empire.
Gao was an important trading city.
Songhai
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A scene in Gao today.
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his311/archives/helpers/geog-pic.ht
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Askia.jpg
The tomb of Askia Muhammed in Gao.
Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammed were leaders of Songhai.Askia Muhammed built schools and mosques. He was also a good military leader.
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Problems in West Africa today:
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West African Art
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http://africa.si.edu/collections/rsdadvnNav.asp?BrowseMode=3&offset=5
Wool kaasa or blankets, woven by the Fulani in the Niger Bend region, are associated with the market of Mopti in Mali.
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A face mask from Ghana depicting human countenances with complex coiffures.Masks are worn during Islamic festivals
http://africa.si.edu/collections/rsdadvnNav.asp?BrowseMode=3&offset=0
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Women potters in Mali hand build many different kinds of jars from clay. They add beautiful colors and designs. Some jars are used in special ceremonies or become part of a collection of objects placed in a shrine.
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Metal jewelry is very valuable in West African culture.
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Hp;t. Rinehart and WInston
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Gambia is a very small West African country.
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A tourist shop in Gambia today.
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Bamjul, the capital of Gambia
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The author Alex Haley with relatives in Juffure, Gambia
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http://www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html
"The old griot had talked for nearly two hours up to then . . . 'the oldest of these fours sons, Kunta, went away from his village and he was never seen again' . . . I sat as if I were carved of stone. My blood seemed to have congealed. “
--Alex Haley, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Dell, 1976. Page 719
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http://www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html
“This man whose lifetime had been in this back-country African village had no way in the world to know that he had just echoed what I had heard all through my boyhood years on my grandma's front porch in Henning, Tennessee.”
--Alex Haley, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Dell, 1976. Page 719
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The view through the door of a slave holding pen on Gorée Island, Senegal, which was once a major West African slave trading outpost.
Africans captured inland were marched to the coast and held in pens like these, from which they were taken to waiting ships.
http://www.vagabondish.com/wp-content/uploads/portal-of-sorrow-goree-island.jpg