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African Kingdoms

African Kingdoms. East African Kingdoms. Axum Location: Near the Nile River Near the Ethiopian Highlands Christian Kingdom. Axum. Axum traded with Egypt, the Middle East and India. It was located next to the Red Sea. By the 4th century A.D., Axum was a world power.

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African Kingdoms

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  1. African Kingdoms

  2. East African Kingdoms Axum • Location: • Near the Nile River • Near the Ethiopian Highlands • Christian Kingdom

  3. Axum • Axum traded with Egypt, the Middle East and India. • It was located next to the Red Sea. • By the 4th century A.D., Axum was a world power.

  4. East African Kingdoms Zimbabwe • Location: • Near Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers • On the coast of the Indian Ocean. • City of “Great Zimbabwe” is capital of rich empire.

  5. Zimbabwe • The city of Great Zimbabwe was an important trading center. • Trader from Africa’s interior would pass through when bringing items to the Indian Ocean to trade, and vice versa. • We know little about the people who lived there.

  6. West African Kingdoms Ghana, Mali, & Songhai • Location: • Next to or on the Niger River. • Near and part of the Sahara Desert

  7. West African Kingdoms Ghana, Mali, & Songhai • Mansa Musa • A king of Mali. • His pilgrimage to Mecca put so much gold into the economy of Cairo that gold lost most of its value for over 12 years. • Society • Usually Islamic, also believed in animal worship. • City of Timbuktu is a center of learning and trade. • Grew rich taxing the salt & gold trade.

  8. Timbuktu • Capital of Mali • Home of Mansa Musa • A Muslim/Islamic City • Muslims from all of West Africa came to the city to study at the universities.

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