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Classical Age: Sub-Saharan Africa
Kush, Nok, Djenne-Djeno, Bantu, Axum
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9th Grade
05/22/2011

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Nubia
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below Africa (where Kush settled)
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Kush
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civilisation heavily influnced by Egyptians
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Meroe
Definition
the 2nd capital of the Kush
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tsetse fly
Definition
fly that lives in the rainforest that causes sleeping sickness in humans and kills cattles and other livestock
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savanna
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part of Afica that has a thin top soil and little nutrients
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animism
Definition
belief in spirits
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animism
Definition
belief in spirits
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griots
Definition
African story tellers
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Nok
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1st West Africans to smelt iron
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Djenne-Daro
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oldest city in Africa
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Bantu
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literally means "the people"
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Bantu migrations
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a series of migrations made by the Bantu people affecting people they migrated by
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Axum (Aksum)
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south of Kush
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Ezana
Definition
changed the Axum people to Christianity
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