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Early African Kingdoms & Empires

Early African Kingdoms & Empires. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Pre-Historic Africa. North African Kingdoms. Kingdom of Kush [295 BCE – 320 CE]. Nubia [modern-day Sudan]. Pyramids of Kush at Meroë. Pyramids of Kush at Meroë. Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE.

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Early African Kingdoms & Empires

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  1. Early African Kingdoms & Empires Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. Pre-Historic Africa

  3. North African Kingdoms

  4. Kingdom of Kush[295 BCE – 320 CE] Nubia[modern-day Sudan]

  5. Pyramids of Kush at Meroë

  6. Pyramids of Kush at Meroë

  7. Kushite in Egypt, 23 BCE

  8. Kingdom of Axum [300-700]

  9. Stele, Ezana’s Royal Tomb,Aksum (4c)

  10. Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia]

  11. Christian Church, Lalibela[Ethiopia] Coptic Christian Priest

  12. AXUM’SACHIEVEMENTS Built Stelae Controlled NE African Trade Written Language Terrace Farming Spread Christianity in No. & E. Africa

  13. West African Empires & Civilizations

  14. Gold-Salt Trade Berbers SALT GOLD

  15. Ghana Empire [4c-11c] Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast

  16. Salt

  17. Mali Empire [13c-15c] SALT GOLD

  18. Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay”

  19. Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque

  20. Tuaregs

  21. Marketplace near the Niger River

  22. Mosque in Gao

  23. Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali

  24. Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali

  25. Sundiata [1210-1260] “Lion Prince”

  26. Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]

  27. European Map

  28. Songhai Empire [15c-16c] SALT GOLD

  29. Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]

  30. Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]

  31. Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538] Gao, Mali

  32. Benin Empire [15c-19c]

  33. Bronze Heads from Benin (16c)

  34. Benin Bronze Leopard

  35. Migrations Into & Within Africa

  36. What are some reasons why humans migrate?

  37. Bantu Migrations: 1000 BCE To 500 CE

  38. Islamic Invasions

  39. Eastern City-States

  40. African Trade Routes

  41. Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa SWAHILI [“the coast’] = Bantu + some Arabic

  42. Arab Dow off the coast of Zanzibar

  43. Southern African Kingdoms

  44. Great Zimbabwe [1200-1450] “Zimbabwe” = “stone enclosure”

  45. Great Zimbabwe Street

  46. Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe

  47. Manamotopa Empire [1450-1630]

  48. Africa during the Age of European Exploration

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