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SS SS 6th Grade Ancient Africa Chapter 13 Lecture NotesAxum - This city-state owed its power to its location on the Red SeaPlateau - This is an area of high flat landGriot - This is the name for the storyteller, who kept the oral history of AfricaDhow - This was the name for the sailboat invented by Arab traders – wooden boat powered by triangular sailsGold, Copper and Ivory - The great trading center of Zimbabwe supplied this to the East African coast.Swahili - The language that means “people of the coast”- their culture and language exist in Africa todayCentralized with Kings - West African empires utilized these governments ruled over by these menMansa Musa - The King of Mali rewarded loyal citizens with gold, land and horsesChristianity - Today, the most widely practiced religion in Africa One Supreme God - Igbo is similar to Christianity, Islam and Judaism Bantu - These African people’s migrations helped spread culture across Africa – their migrations spread their skills, beliefs, and ideas across AfricaPortugal - During the 1440s, the European slave trade was started in Africa Cave Paintings - The earliest form of African ArtClan – each district in Ghana usually included a chief’s clanMatrilineal – societies that trace their descent through their mothersTrade network – East African kingdoms and states were important because they helped the trade network that spanned the Indian Ocean. West African empires – governed by a king who had a strong armySlavery in the medieval times – instead of being enslaved by other tribes from whom they could gain freedom, Africans were enslaved to Europeans and sent across the ocean where there was no escape and their culture could be lostHomeland - Enslaved Africans used music to remind them ofNile - Africa’s longest riverHomeworkKeyword sentencesPage 478 #1 to 6, 8, 9, 11F – dhowsTTF – griotsTTEast African kingdoms and states were important because they wer part of the trade network that spanned the Indian Ocean.West African empires were governed by a king who had strong army. The result of the Bantu migrations were they spread their skills, beliefs, and ideas across Africa. ................
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