1 / 31

Early East Africa

Early East Africa. The Kingdom of Aksum. Rise of Aksum. South of Kush on Red Sea Located on a Coastal plain Spoke Ge’ez 1 of 1 st written languages of Africa. Aksum. Rich farmland Grew wheat and barley Controlled Red Sea trade Strong navy

brandi
Download Presentation

Early East Africa

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Early East Africa

  2. The Kingdom of Aksum

  3. Rise of Aksum • South of Kush on Red Sea • Located on a Coastal plain • Spoke Ge’ez • 1 of 1st written languages of Africa

  4. Aksum • Rich farmland • Grew wheat and barley • Controlled Red Sea trade • Strong navy • Traders from inland brought gold, ivory, and slaves • Used money By 300 C.E. Aksum grew wealthy

  5. King Ezana • Conquered the Kush in 350 C.E. • Converted to Christianity • Made it official religion

  6. Decline • 600s C.E. Muslims begin to invade • 700s Muslims conquer territory around Aksum • Including Aksum’s port city of Adulis People of Aksum retreated to Ethiopian Highlands

  7. Rise of Ethiopia • 1100s C.E. remainders of Aksum est. new Kingdom • 1150 - Zagwe Dynasty

  8. Kingdom of Ethiopia

  9. ~1150 Zagwe Dynasty • King Lalibela built the churches carved from rock

  10. 1270 –1974 Solomonid Dynasty • Fought religious wars to conquer Islamic and Jewish territory (Beta Israel and Muslim Kingdom of Adal)

  11. Eastern Africa City-States • The Indian Ocean Monsoons blow from the southwest from April to October and from the northeast from October to April. • Trade network developed • B/w India and East Africa

  12. Ports become wealthy • Mogadishu • Mombasa • Kilwa • Sofala

  13. Trade From India/China From Africa Coconut oil Copper Leopard skins Ivory Gold Slaves • Glassware • Porcelain • Silk • cotton

  14. Swahili Blending of African and Islamic Culture Ex: Language: Bantu + Arabic = Swahili Architecture

  15. Great Zimbabwe Interior of Africa ~1100s Middleman of Africa Located between gold mines/ivory hunters And Port cities

  16. Great Zimbabwe Replaced by the Mutapa Empire (to the North) in 1400s • Minimal info from archeological digs • Disappeared about 1400

  17. k • i

  18. uu

  19. Ghana~3rd Century CEbecome wealthy off taxing the trade of gold for saltIslam adopted ~ 10th Century

  20. Fall of Ghana • Invaded and weakened - 1076 CE • By 13th Century overrun

  21. Mali • tttt • Founded by Sundiata, leader of a tribe who broke away from Ghana • Economic foundation was agriculture, as well as gold mines

  22. okok

  23. Mansa Musa Ruler of Mali known for his Hajj Brought the attention of the world to Mali

  24. Architecture and Timbuktu • Islamic Architects come to Mali and create unique style • Timbuktu becomes a great city of 50,000+ with a famous Mosque, University and Library

  25. y • y

  26. SonghaySonghay became independent ~7th Century Gold discovered in western forests = powerful SonghaySunni Ali est. Empire (late 15th century)Muhammad The Great expands empire

  27. Invaded and defeated by a Moroccan Army (that had Muskets) in 1591 • Empire splinters and collapses • Legacy of Islam in West Africa

More Related