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Do it Now: Map of Japan
Label the following on the map of Japan using pages 52-53 in the World History Atlas
JapanKoreaChina
Pacific OceanSouth China Sea
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Also number the four main islands
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KINGDOMS OF AFRICA
1000 TO 1500 AD
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African Civilizations
Trade brought economic, cultural, and religious influences to the African kingdoms
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GREAT ZIMBABWE
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Great Zimbabwe 1300-1525 AD (CE)
Located between the Limpopo and Zambezi River, west of the Indian Ocean
Great Zimbabwe was the capital
Very wealthy and powerful. Used nearby resources of gold.
Participated in Maritime trade routes.
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Great Zimbabwe
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Great Zimbabwe
Name means “Large houses of Stone” in the Shona language
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MAP SHOWING AXUM AND GHANA
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Axum 100-600 AD
Located from the Red Sea and Nile River to the Ethiopian highlands.
Triangular trade with India and Mediterranean world
Capital city also called Axum
Very important trading port- traded crops, gold, ivory, salt
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Axum 100-600 AD
Around 324 AD, King Ezana II converted to Christianity
Axum became a Christian empire
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What’s left of Axum today
Over 95% is still unexplored and buriedStelae identifiable part of Axum’s history
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ANCIENT GHANA
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Ancient Ghana
In West Africa along the Niger River
Around the time period of 1000-1235 AD (CE)
Grew wealthy and prosperous due to trade along the Trans-Saharan routes.
Traded gold and salt
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Ancient Ghana
Domestication of the Camel helped trade and helped the empire of Ghana to grow.
Islam spreads to the area through trade
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ANCIENT MALI
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Ancient Mali 1200-1600 AD
Became the most powerful kingdom in Africa
Grew rich due to trade of gold
Was an Islamic empire (spread through trade)
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Ancient Mali
Mansa Musa was its richest and most powerful ruler (1280-1337)
Built universities and mosques throughout the empire
In 1324 made the Hajj to Mecca - brought so much gold with him that he caused an economic inflation in the Mediterranean
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Songhai
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Songhai
Empire from 1340-1591 AD
Gained more power after the decline of Mali
Located in West Africa along the Niger River
Again, became an important empire for trade in west Africa
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Timbuktu
Important city located in West Africa along the Niger River
Vast amounts of Trade- had merchants from Asia and Europe
Center of Education- Islamic Universities
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Religion in West African Kingdoms
West Africans were originally polytheistic and worshipped gods and goddesses identified with forces of nature
Animism: belief that natural objects possess a spirit
Islam was brought to these areas through trade
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Africa Map
You should have all the African Empires located now add the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea