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Ch. 3 Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

Ch. 3 Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations. Bantu Migrations: 2000 BC-AD 1000. Nile Valley: 3,000 BC-2,000 BC. I. Egypt and Nubia: “gifts of the Nile.” Began to emerge around 4,000 BCE. A. The Nubians established a strong realm

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Ch. 3 Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

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  1. Ch. 3 Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

  2. Bantu Migrations: 2000 BC-AD 1000

  3. Nile Valley: 3,000 BC-2,000 BC

  4. I. Egypt and Nubia: “gifts of the Nile.” Began to emerge around 4,000 BCE. A. The Nubians established a strong realm (Ta Seti) around 3400 BCE that lasted until 3200 BCE. B. The pharaoh, Menes, founded Memphis and unified Egypt around 3100 BCE. C. Egyptian chronology 1. Archaic Period (3100 BC-2660 BCE) and Old Kingdom (2660 BC-2160 BCE).

  5. a. Great pyramids of Giza built during the Old Kingdom; Khufu (Cheops) is the largest. Egypt dominated Nubia from 3000 to 2400 BCE. The Nubians established the Kingdom of Kush further to the south.

  6. Great Pyramids of Giza (in Egypt)

  7. Khufu

  8. 2. Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 BCE) a. Around 2040, the pharaohs regained control after a period of instability. b. The Hyksos (nomadic Semitic people), aided by the use of bronze weapons and chariots, conquered Egypt in the 17th C. BCE.

  9. 3. New Kingdom (1550-1070 BCE) a. Under Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BCE), the empire expanded south and into the eastern Mediterranean.

  10. 4. After the New Kingdom, Egypt fell to a series of foreign conquerors. a. In 760 BC, the Kingdom of Kush ruled Egypt for a century. b. In the mid-7th century, the Assyrians, equipped with iron weapons, conquered Egypt.

  11. Imperial Egypt, 1400 BC

  12. What the Ancients Knew: the Egyptians

  13. II. Egyptian religious traditions. A. Principal gods were the sun gods Amon and Re. B. Brief period of monotheism with the worship of Aten. Pharoah Amenhotep IV (reigned 1353-1335 BCE) changed his name to Akhenaten and strongly promoted the religion.

  14. Re

  15. Akhenaten

  16. Nefertiti (1372-1350 BCE): Akhenaten’s wife

  17. Tutankhamun (1361-1352 BCE)

  18. C. Cult of Osiris. 1. Murdered by his brother Seth, legend says that the devotion of Osiris’ wife, Isis, inspired them to restore Osiris to life (god of the underworld).

  19. Osiris

  20. Isis, Osiris, a pharoah, Horus

  21. Bantu Migrations: 2000 BC-AD 1000

  22. III. Bantu migrations (3000-1000 BCE) and early sub-Saharan Africa. A. The Bantu, a language group, moved south and west into forest lands. By 1000 BC, the Bantu occupied most of Africa south of the equator.

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