Ancient African Empires SOL WH 1 10 African

Ancient African Empires (SOL WH 1. 10)

African Civilizations - Background Developed in sub-Saharan West and East Africa Trade brought important economic, cultural and religious influences to African civilization and other parts of the Eastern Hemisphere States & empires flourished in Africa during the medieval period, including: (West Africa) Ghana, Mali, Songhai, (East Africa) Axum, (South Africa) Zimbabwe TRUE OR FALSE? ? The Ancient African Kingdom of Mali was home to one of the richest men who has ever lived. TRUE!!!! He was king Mansa Musa & he gained his wealth because of Mali’s overabundance of gold.

Geography – AXUM (IDENTIFY, LABEL & COLOR ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) AXUM

Geography – MALI (IDENTIFY, LABEL & COLOR ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) MALI AXUM

Geography – ETHIOPIA (IDENTIFY, LABEL & COLOR ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) MALI AXUM ETH. ***ETHIOPIA CAME AFTER THE TIME OF AXUM.

Geography – GHANA (IDENTIFY, LABEL & COLOR ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) GHANA MALI AXUM ETH. ***GHANA CAME BEFORE THE EMPIRE OF MALI.

Geography – SONGHAI (IDENTIFY, LABEL & COLOR ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) GHANAGHAI SON MALI AXUM ETH. ***SONGHAI CAME AFTER BOTH GHANA & MALI.

Geography – ZIMBABWE (IDENTIFY, LABEL & COLOR ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) GHANAGHAI SON MALI AXUM ETH. ZIMBABWE

Geography – GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES (IDENTIFY & LABEL ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) SAHARA DESERT GHANAGHAI SON MALI 3 1 Sahara Desert Niger River – 1 Limpopo River – 2 Nile River – 3 Zambezi River – 4 4 2 ZIMBABWE AXUM ETH.

Geography – CITIES (IDENTIFY & LABEL ON YOUR FOLDABLE!) SAHARA DESERT GHANAGHAI SON MALI Timbuktu – Gao – 3 1 4 2 ZIMBABWE AXUM ETH.

Western African Kingdoms Location of Ghana, Mali, Songhai empires relative (close) to Niger River and the Sahara desert Importance of gold & salt to trans-Saharan trade route City of Timbuktu as center of trade and learning Role of animism & Islam

Animism Belief that all natural objects in the universe have a soul ***This is an important vocabulary term, it will show up later in your foldable!

Axum Location of Axum Empire relative (close) to the Ethiopian Highlands and the Nile River Replaced Kush as the major East African trading civilization Christian Kingdom

Zimbabwe Location of the Zimbabwe Empire relative (close) to the Zambezi & Limpopo Rivers and the Indian Ocean coast City of “Great Zimbabwe” as the capital of a prosperous (wealthy) empire

African Kingdoms Check for Understandings 1. What are three Western African Kingdoms? Ghana, Mali & Songhai 2. What is the only Christian African Empire? Axum What city was the center of trade & learning in Africa? Timbuktu 4. What were the two most valuable items traded? 3.

Quick Sketches to For each of the four boxes listed on this part of the Remember foldable, create a colorful image to help you remember why that word, person or event is important to Ancient African history Here’s a short video to help you learn more about one of the richest men in history, Mansa Musa!!!