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WorldHistoryIUnit3:R

egionalCivilizations

Chapter12:
KingdomsandTradingStatesofAfrica,750B
CAD1
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Summarizetheculture/society/government/economyofeachkingdom/tradingstate.

Kingdom/State

Era

Ruler

Religion

EconomicBase

Nubia/Kush

750
bc
ad
350

piankhi

prayedto
gods:
apedemak

trade:gold,ivory,animalskins,
perfumes
richinironore

Ghana

ad
800
1050

capital:
kumbisaleh

islamic

merchants

Mali

ad
1235
1400

sundiata
MansaMusa

Islamic
basedhis
systemof
justiceon
quran

goldminingregionsinnorthsalt
mininginsouth

Songhai

ad
1450
1492

SonniAli
Aski
Muhammad

tradition
religious
beliefs

farming

Hausa(Kano&Zaria)

1300s
Muhammad
Rumfa

Unkown

cottonweavers,leatherworkers
etc.trade

Benin(BeninCity&
Ife)

1300s

Oba, queen
mother, and
the council

Unknown

Farming: pepper, ivory

Axum

200
bc
400
ad

Ezana

Christianity

Controlledtriangulartrade
network

Ethiopia

Lalibela
1200s

Christianity

Unknown

EastAfrican
CityStates:Kilwa,
Mogadishu,
Mombasa,Sofala

ad
600s

blendof
cultures

sailingtradebyshipslavetrade

Unknown

GreatZimbabwe

ad
900
1500

godking

Unknown
whoruled
overalllots
ofqueens
bureaucracy

farming,ironandmining
methodsraisedcattletrade

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