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African Civilizations and the spread of Islam. J.H. Five W’s. Who – Ibn Batuta, Mansa Musa, Sundiata What – African civilizations Where – Africa When – 1000-1500 C.E. Why – Africa had power. African Societies: Diversity and Similarities. Organized Societies (States) Ruler and his court
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Five W’s • Who – Ibn Batuta, Mansa Musa, Sundiata • What – African civilizations • Where – Africa • When – 1000-1500 C.E. • Why – Africa had power
African Societies: Diversity and Similarities Organized Societies (States) • Ruler and his court • Tax • Army for authority • Stable conditions • Long distance trade Stateless Societies • Council of families • No tax • Secret society crossing lineages • Freedom to move • Big community Bantu Animistic religion Trade
Other Religions in Africa • Islam appeared after fall of the Roman Empire • Islam brought North Africa closer • Berbers formed states with Trans-Saharan caravan trade • Almoravids launched jihad • State king accepted Islam • Christianity thrived along Nile • Ethiopia fortified itself • King Lalibela’s building project
Kingdoms of the Grasslands • Islam spread to the savanna • 3rd century – Ghana got power from salt and gold • 10th century – Ghana cam to its height of power • Sudanic conquest states • Islam and African cultures fused
Mali • Malinke broke away from Ghana • Ibn Battuta spectated Sundiata • Mansa Musa (c. 1312-1337) brought change to Mali • City – trade & farming – hard life • Songhay was a successor state of Mali • 1591 – Muslim armies from Morocco attacked
The Swahili Coast of East Africa • East coast was Islamisized • Bantu reached interior • Coast made up of urbanized ports • Ibn Battuta impressed by beauty and refinement • Culture was a mixture of African and Arabic • Monsoon winds effected trade • Bananas and coconuts discovered in Madagascar
People of the Forests and Plains • Own way of development • Village communities • Smaller kingdoms brought into single government • Very urbanized with no writing • Central kingdoms had kingship that was hereditary
Great Zimbabwe • Largest stone house site • Great stone complex • 16th century split • Europeans began to venture around Africa