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W. Africa Connects with the Wider World

W. Africa Connects with the Wider World . Trade connected Africa to Europe and Asia Saharan trade routes Goods, ideas, beliefs (Islam) were all share through interactions of traders Spread throughout N. Africa and was practiced in empire of Mali and the rulers of the Songhai

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W. Africa Connects with the Wider World

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  1. W. Africa Connects with the Wider World • Trade connected Africa to Europe and Asia • Saharan trade routes • Goods, ideas, beliefs (Islam) were all share through interactions of traders • Spread throughout N. Africa and was practiced in empire of Mali and the rulers of the Songhai • Portuguese trading posts connect Europe to W. Africa • Began European slave trade • Est. plantations on islands off coast

  2. Three African Kingdoms Flourish • Songhai • Controlled trans-Sahara trade in mid-1400s • Taxes provided wealth • Benin • Trade w/ Songhai and Portugal increased wealth • Excellent metalworkers • Kongo • Manikongo (ruler) controlled series of small kingdoms • Gov’t resembled European nations’ gov’t

  3. West African Culture • Bonds of kinship was basis of most aspects of life • Loyalties, marriage, inheritance • Age=rank • Religion • Political leaders claimed power based on religious authority • Natural world is filled with spirits • Many believed in a single creator • Collective ownership of land • Some societies had slaves • Ppl were NOT born into slavery, did not always serve for life

  4. European Societies around 1492 • Renaissance • Period of European investigation of physical world • Social order based on rank (social hierarchy) • Monarchs (King/queen) and nobles • Peasants (majority) • Exchange of land and protection for labor and produce • Family • Nuclear family • Gender determined division of labor

  5. Christianity Shapes European Outlook • Roman Catholic Church was dominate religious institution • Reconquista-Spanish Christians gained control of Spanish Peninsula • Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand • Crusades-attempted to push Muslims from Holy Land (1096-1270) • Increased trade between Europe and Asia • Weakened nobles power, led to monarchs increasing their power

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