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Ancient African Kingdoms
Kush, Axum, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, East African city-states, Middle Passage
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9th Grade
04/30/2008

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Location of the Kush Kingdom
Definition
South of Egypt along the Nile River
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3 things the Kush learned from the Egyptians
Definition

1. Worship Amen-Re

2. How to work copper and bronze

3. Adapted hieroglypics to their own language 

Term
In 750 BC king Kashta set out to conquer _______
Definition
Egypt
Term
Invaded Egypt in the 7th century
Definition
Assyrians
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Kush learned this from the Assyrians
Definition
Iron smelting
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Small pyramids stood in the royal cemetary in this kingdom
Definition
Kush
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Location of Kush
Definition
Present day Ethiopia
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3 Axum imports

3 Axum exports 

Definition

Imports: silks, spices, elephants (India)

Exports: gold, ivory, slaves

Term

Arabs crossed Red Sea to trade with this kingdom

Jewish and Greek merchants also settled here

Greeks most likely brought Christianity here

Definition
Axum
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This king converted to Christianity in 342 AD
Definition
King Ezana of Axum
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 4 Acheivements of Axum
Definition

1. Developed writing system

2. Learned to farm on terraces

3. Minted coins

4. Built stone monuments 60 feet tall  

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What caused the decline of the Axum kingdom?
Definition
Other countries began to interfere with trade
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The strength of early West African Kingdoms was maintained by what?
Definition
The trade of gold and salt
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This kingom used silent barter
Definition
Ghana
Term
Explain silent barter
Definition
They would set goods on the ground and beat a drum to signal gold miners. Then they would withdraw as the gold miners appeared and left some gold. If the trader would take the gold and leave if they were satisfied with the trade. If not, they would withdraw and wait for the miners to leave more gold.
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In this kingdom only gold dust was used in trade. Nuggets became property of the king who controlled the economy. One served as a hitching post for the horses.
Definition
Ghana
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These people from North Africa started a war against Ghana. Ghana eventually regained independence but were not strong enough to survive.
Definition
Arabs
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Mali's king's name meant Hungering Lion
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Sundiata Keita
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Sundiata Keita accomplished the following 3 things:
Definition

1. Established salt-gold trade that the Arabs had distrupted.

2. Organized a permanent army.

3. Divided the empire into provinces, each headed by a general.  

Term
To cement relations in this Kingdom, one king moved the capital from place to place
Definition
Mali
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The king of this kingdom never spoke directly to the people
Definition
Mali
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Means "where the king dwells"
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Mali
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Called their kings mansas
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Mali
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What did Mansa Musa do during his 4800 mile hajj?
Definition
He gave away gold
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This city became a leading center of learning and the best Muslim scholars came there.
Definition
Timbuktu
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Replaces Mali as the most powerful kingdom in West Africa
Definition
Songhai
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Two of the greatest leaders of Songhai were....
Definition
Sunni Ali and Askia Muhhamamd
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East African city states aquirred and traded what? (5 things)

Definition
Ivory, leopard skins, iron, copper and gold
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East African city state imports from India, southeast Asia and China (6 things)
Definition
cotton, silk, spices, porcelain, glassware and swords
Term

This language fused many Arabic words onto a Bantu base and was written in Arabic

Developed in this "kingdom" 

Definition

Swahili

East African city states 

Term
Zimbabwe means...
Definition
Great Stone Buildings
Term
What happened as the control on the African West coast changed to...British, what 3 things happened?
Definition

1. Trade changed from gold to humans

2. Natives stopped looking for gold and started making was on each other.

3. Name was changed from Gold Coast to Slave Coast 

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What did white Europeans have to do to get slaves?
Definition
Supply guns to the Africans
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How many slave voyages were made?

About how many slaves were recorded? 

Definition

54,000

11 million 

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What is the Middle Passage?
Definition
The voyage carrying human cargo from West Africa to the New World, formed a triangle
Term
What happened to some of the slaves on the ships?
Definition

1. Commited suicide

2. Lay in human feces, lack of air

2. Death 

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