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AFRICA

AFRICA. Map of africa – where in the world?. Second largest continent Second largest population The name of Africa… Afri people lived in North Africa Afar meaning ‘dust’ ( Phonician ) Ifri meaning ‘cave’ (Berber) Roman suffix ‘-ca’ meaning ‘land’ Aprica meaning ‘sunny’ (Latin)

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AFRICA

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  1. AFRICA

  2. Map of africa – where in the world?

  3. Second largest continent • Second largest population • The name of Africa… • Afri people lived in North Africa • Afar meaning ‘dust’ (Phonician) • Ifri meaning ‘cave’ (Berber) • Roman suffix ‘-ca’ meaning ‘land’ • Aprica meaning ‘sunny’ (Latin) • Aphrike meaning ‘without cold’ (Greek) • Af-rui-ka meaning ‘turn toward the opening of the Ka’ (Egyptian) General information

  4. Africa in relation to north america and asia

  5. Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea Largest country is Gambia, smallest country is TheSeaschelles(an archipelago off the east coast) Tropical to sub-arctic climates, savannah plains, desert and jungle Carnivores and Herbivores that range freely on the plains Jungle and Aquatic creatures geography

  6. Topographic and vegetation maps

  7. Earliest inhabited continent • Origin of the human species • 7 million years ago • Ape-like evolving into hominids, such as… • Australopithecus afarensis • ‘Lucy’ • Earliest Homo sapiens found in • Ethiopia • 200 000 years ago IN THE BEGINNING…

  8. Greeks and Romans • Alexander the Great • Alexandria in Egypt • Christianity spread from Palestine via Egypt • Islam also spread and Africa became the central hub for the religion Early civilisation

  9. Before colonisation, approximately 10 000 different ‘tribes’ with a variety of systems of government • Hunter-gatherer groups like families • Clan groups • City-states • Migration from Arabia • Bedouins • Merging of cultures and life, resulting in unification under laws of Islam Pre-colonisation

  10. Traditional arabbedouin

  11. The first nation to capture African people as slaves were the Arabs • They took 18 million to the east • Then Europeans took Africans to the west. These nations include… • Portuguese • Spanish • English • Dutch • Germans slavery

  12. enSlavingafrica

  13. Late 19th century • Until after WWII • 1951 Libya • 1956 Tunisia and Morocco • 1957 Ghana • 1994 apartheid ended in which country? colonisation

  14. 53 independent and sovereign states • Political systems include… • Republic • Democracy • Military dictatorship • Between 1960 and 1990, Africa has had • More than 70 coups • 13 Presidential assassinations • Ethnic conflicts are often used to remove and replace leaders Post-colonisation

  15. MAPS OF AFRICA - political

  16. All African states except Morocco – why? • The AU official on 26th June, 2001 in Addis Ababa • Pan-African Parliament now in Midrand, South Africa • African Commission for Human and People’s Rights still in Addis Ababa • Resources • Severely underdeveloped • Poorest continent • Why? African Union

  17. Ancient Egypt • Centred around the Nile River • Controlled irrigation = surplus crops = increased population • 3150 BC when upper and lower unified under the first pharaoh (matrilineal linage) • Stable periods called kingdoms interspersed with instability, called intermediate periods • Invaded by the Roman Empire in 31BC • it became a province of that empire EGYPT

  18. Famous ancients egyptians

  19. Mathematics • Quarrying • Surveying and Construction • Pyramids, temples, obelisks, tombs • Art & Literature • Hieroglyphics, wall paintings, sculpture • Agriculture • Irrigation, agri. production techniques • Medicine Famous for…

  20. IMAGES OF EGYPT

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