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Do it Now: Map of Japan

Do it Now: Map of Japan. Label the following on the map of Japan using pages 52-53 in the World History Atlas. Japan Korea China Pacific Ocean South China Sea Sea of Japan (East Sea) Also number the four main islands. KINGDOMS OF AFRICA. 1000 TO 1500 AD. African Civilizations.

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Do it Now: Map of Japan

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  1. Do it Now: Map of Japan • Label the following on the map of Japan using pages 52-53 in the World History Atlas Japan Korea China Pacific Ocean South China Sea Sea of Japan (East Sea) Also number the four main islands

  2. KINGDOMS OF AFRICA • 1000 TO 1500 AD

  3. African Civilizations • Trade brought economic, cultural, and religious influences to the African kingdoms

  4. GREAT ZIMBABWE

  5. Great Zimbabwe 1300-1525 AD (CE) • Located between the Limpopo and Zambezi River, west of the Indian Ocean • Great Zimbabwe was the capital • Very wealthy and powerful. Used nearby resources of gold. • Participated in Maritime trade routes.

  6. Great Zimbabwe

  7. Great Zimbabwe • Name means “Large houses of Stone” in the Shona language

  8. MAP SHOWING AXUM AND GHANA

  9. Axum 100-600 AD • Located from the Red Sea and Nile River to the Ethiopian highlands. • Triangular trade with India and Mediterranean world • Capital city also called Axum • Very important trading port- traded crops, gold, ivory, salt

  10. Axum 100-600 AD • Around 324 AD, King Ezana II converted to Christianity • Axum became a Christian empire

  11. What’s left of Axum today Over 95% is still unexplored and buried Stelae identifiable part of Axum’s history

  12. ANCIENT GHANA

  13. Ancient Ghana • In West Africa along the Niger River • Around the time period of 1000-1235 AD (CE) • Grew wealthy and prosperous due to trade along the Trans-Saharan routes. • Traded gold and salt

  14. Ancient Ghana • Domestication of the Camel helped trade and helped the empire of Ghana to grow. • Islam spreads to the area through trade

  15. ANCIENT MALI

  16. Ancient Mali 1200-1600 AD • Became the most powerful kingdom in Africa • Grew rich due to trade of gold • Was an Islamic empire (spread through trade)

  17. Ancient Mali • Mansa Musa was its richest and most powerful ruler (1280-1337) • Built universities and mosques throughout the empire • In 1324 made the Hajj to Mecca - brought so much gold with him that he caused an economic inflation in the Mediterranean

  18. Songhai

  19. Songhai • Empire from 1340-1591 AD • Gained more power after the decline of Mali • Located in West Africa along the Niger River • Again, became an important empire for trade in west Africa

  20. Timbuktu • Important city located in West Africa along the Niger River • Vast amounts of Trade- had merchants from Asia and Europe • Center of Education- Islamic Universities

  21. Religion in West African Kingdoms • West Africans were originally polytheistic and worshipped gods and goddesses identified with forces of nature • Animism: belief that natural objects possess a spirit • Islam was brought to these areas through trade

  22. Africa Map • You should have all the African Empires located now add the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea

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