Africa

c. 1200-1450

Objectives

• ​​Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

​​In Africa, as in Eurasia and the Americas, state systems demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity and expanded in scope and reach.

Maghrib & Ethiopia

• Ifriqiya
• Maghrib
• Almohadis
• Ethiopian Empire
• Zagwe dynasty
• Lalibela
• Bet Giorgis

​Ghana & Benin

Ghana

• traded gold and salt
• Animism

Benin

• Ewuare
• Bronze artwork
• Yoruba
• Ife
• Oyo

Mali & Songhai

University of Timbuktu

• Mali
  • Sundiata
  • Mansa Musa
  • ​Timbuktu
  • Gao
  • Ibn Battuta
  • Juula
  • griots

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• Songhai
  • Sunni Ali
  • Askia Muhammad
  • What allowed Moroccans to defeat the Songhai?

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• Hausa

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​Swahili

• Swahili language
• Kilwa
• Zenj

​Kongo & Great Zimbabwe

• Great Zimbabwe
  • Shona people

• Mutapa Empire
  • Mutota​

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• Kongo
  • Mbanza Kongo
  • Bantu