Arabs
What language do Arabs speak?
Arabic.
Where do the Ashanti people mainly live in?
The forested interior of south Central Ghana.
When did the bantu migrations begin?
2000 BCE.
What does Swahili culture reflect?
A blend of African and middle eastern influences.
What does the spread of Arabic language across northern Africa influence?
It shows that Arab traders, migration, and Islam strongly shaped the regions culture.
Where do Arabs primarily live in.
North Africa.
In 1701 The Ashanti Empire formally unite with the appearance of what?
the Golden stool, a sacred symbol.
Where did the bantu migrations begin.
n the region of modern Nigerian and Cameroon.
What is the Swahili language based on?
A bantu language mixed with Arabic words.
That ancestors guide, protect, and stay connected to the community.
What is the trans- Saharan trade in gold and salt connect to?
Arab merchants to west African states.
What meaning does the Ashanti society have?
To inheritance descent and inheritance follow the mothers lineage.
Tradition bantu tradtitions focus on what?
Ancestor veneration and maintaining harmony.
What does Islam's influence on Swahili cities near for their laws.
They share similar legal, religious, and cultural transitions because the cities adopted Islam early.
What does the Bantu migration reveal about the early African history?
It was one of the largest movements of people.
What are two things that the environment of Africa strongly influenced for Arabs?
Any of- architecture, clothing, food,and settlement patterns.
What religion does Ashanti blend animish with?
Christianity and sometimes Islam.
What are the movements that created networks of villages connected by related languages and trade.
settling along major rivers and cleared lands for crops.
What does the word Swahili describe?
The coastal people of east Africa who share thee same language and more.
What does the s=Swahili blend of African and Arab traditions tell us about coastal trade?
That long distance trade shaped a unique mixed culture along East Africa coast.
What desert does the vast area of Egypt,Libya,Tunisia, and more include.
Sahara desert.
In what zone do the Ashanti nation live
The tropical forest.
What does the bantu migrations represent in African history.
Largest movements of people, spreading farming, iron tools, and language across America.
What were the Swahili towns architecture influenced by?
Houses and building were influenced by both African designs and Middle Eastern styles.
What does the mix of Arab, Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili cultures show?
Africa has many different languages and more.