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The Geography AND PEOPLE of Ancient Africa

The Geography AND PEOPLE of Ancient Africa. Satellite View. Satellite View at night. The Nile World’s Longest River. The Congo River Basin. Covers 12% of the continent. Extends over 9 countries. 2,720 miles long.

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The Geography AND PEOPLE of Ancient Africa

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  1. The Geography AND PEOPLE of Ancient Africa

  2. Satellite View

  3. Satellite Viewat night

  4. The Nile World’s Longest River

  5. The Congo River Basin Covers 12% of thecontinent. Extends over 9countries. 2,720 miles long. 99% of the countryof Democratic Republic of the Congo is in theCongo River basin.

  6. The Niger River Basin • Covers 7.5% of the continent. • Extends over 10 countries. • 2,600 miles long.

  7. Great Rift Valley 3,000 miles long Home of “Lucy”

  8. Mt. Kilimanjaro:Snow at the Equator?

  9. Tropic of Cancer 20° N Equator 0° Tropic of Capricorn20° S The Tropical Continent

  10. Rain Forest Annual rainfall of up to 17 ft. Rapid decomposition (very humid). Covers 37 countries. 15% of the land surface of Africa.

  11. African Trade Winds

  12. West Africa: Home of our Hurricanes

  13. The Horn of AfricaSomali Peninsula

  14. The Sahara Desert

  15. The Sahel

  16. The Serengeti:Natural Wonder of the World

  17. Natural Resources

  18. Review from Ch. 2 –-Beginnings of Civilization Most anthropologists believe… Homo sapiens ( “wise man”) originated in the African savanna between 100,000 and 250,000 years ago Oldest remains found in the Horn of Africa, near modern-day Addis Ababa, Ethiopia descended from Homo erectus (“upright man”) colonized Eurasia and Oceania by 40,000 years ago colonized the Americas by 10,000 years ago

  19. Beginnings of Civilization Domestication of livestock +/- 10,000 years ago Cows were highly valued (more than gold) Domestication of agriculture (crops) +/- 8,000 years ago Iron working technologies +/- 4,500 years ago

  20. 1000 different languages; 1000+ different tribes

  21. Family Structure” • Nuclear Family • Extended Family • Age-Set • Clan • Lineage (Ancestry) TRIBE (communal living)

  22. Traditional Family Structures C Nuclear Family: C H W C U Cs GP C Extended Family: C H W C GP Cs A Age Sets: People born two to three years apart; formed bonds together

  23. Ethnic Group? Africa : Tribe :: America :

  24. Benefits of Tribal Life • The good of the group comes ahead of the good of the individual. • All land is owned by the group. • Strong feeling of loyalty to the group. • Protection from enemies. • Your tribe is a huge family. • Everything is shared.

  25. Breaks down tribal traditions. 5. Urbanization: Tribal intermingling on the job. Problems of Tribalism Today 1. The tribe is more important than the nation. 2. Communication problems. 3. Inter-tribal warfare --> civil wars. 4. Members favored for gov’t jobs  Nepotism

  26. Traditional African Religion ANIMISM 1. one Supreme Being. 2. world of spirits (good & bad) in all things. 3. ancestor worship. 4. magic, charms, fetishes, and nature spirits (god of the mountain, etc). 5. Diviner / Shaman  fortune teller; mediator between tribe and God. Which civilization(s) we studied earlier have similar religious beliefs ???

  27. African Diviner (Shaman) • African Spirituals had a strong influence on the development of Southern Baptists and other Evangelical Christians of ‘The Old South’. Tribal Shaman Spiritual Baptist

  28. World of the Spirits Dogon “Spirit House”

  29. Mask With Headcloth Zaire (19th century)

  30. Kisokolo Initiation Costume Democratic Republic of the Congo

  31. Woman & Child Congo

  32. Family Group Tanzania

  33. Ancestors

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