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Ancient and Medieval African Civilizations Worksheet HIS/356 Version 2 |
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Ancient and Medieval African Civilizations Worksheet
Complete the worksheet using analysis from the map, readings and class discussions. You may expand the table as needed. Also answer the questions at the end of the worksheet. Your responses in the below table and questions at the end should be a total of 1,050 to 1,225 words.
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Ancient and medieval African civilization or empire. |
Explain the founding, consolidation, and growth. |
Describe the government structure of the kingdom. |
What were the chief trade items in and out? |
Explain the decline and collapse. |
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Egypt (Nile) |
· Pharaoh’s were viewed as God’s and ruled empire politically and religiously. · Loyalty to the central government from everyone · New Kingdom invaded and conquered other ancient civilizations and established the earliest multinational empire in ancient Africa
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· Old Kingdom-Centralized State Authority · First Intermediate Period-Autonomy under local ruling families · Middle Kingdom-Centralized state authority · Second Intermediate Period-Local Autonomy · New Kingdom-Centralized State Authprity |
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Aksum (or Axum)
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Ghana
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Kush-Meroe |
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Songhai (or Songhay)
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Mali |
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Great Zimbabwe |
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Kanem
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Benin
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1. What was ancient and medieval life and culture like in Africa before the European and Arabic traders?
2. What enticed European and Arabic traders to the African continent? What interested them most?
3. Which European or Arabic traders had the most impact on ancient and medieval African civilizations and empires? Which traders had the least impact on the civilizations and empires? Why?
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