8.1 Diverse Societies in Africa
The large desert in Northern Africa.
What is the Sahara?
A permanent move from one country or region to another.
What is migration?
Direction that the Bantu-speaking people moved in.
What is south and east?
Aksum replaced this kingdom in East Africa.
What is Kush?
How long the kingdom of Aksum lasted.
What is 800 years?
The southern edge of the expanding Sahara desert
What is the Sahel?
The causes of migration fall into these 3 categories.
What is environmental, economic, and political?
The reason why Bantu speakers moved every few years.
What is slash and burn farming?
Ruler of Aksum from A.D. 325 to 360.
Who is King Ezana?
Invaders from this religion began to conquer Arabia in 632.
What is Islam?
How history, literature, and culture were passed down in ancient African societies.
What is griots?
Studying the spread of languages helps experts do this.
What is trace the patterns of migration?
Negative interaction the Bantu speakers had with the BaMbuti and the San.
What is territorial wars?
Name of the god the Aksumites believed in.
Who is Mahrem?
To escape the spread of Islam, the capital of Aksum was moved here.
Where is northern Ethiopia?
The bustling trade center, which linked West African towns through camel trade routes
What is Djenne-Djeno?
This pull example is associated with economic factors.
What is employment opportunities?
Direct result of increased food production after the development of agriculture in West Africa.
What is the population of West Africa increased?
What is their hilly location?
This happened to Aksum in A.D. 710.
What is islamic invaders attacked the port city of Adulis?
The development of agriculture made it possible for these two things to form.
What are permanent settlements and governments?
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One Bantu Language mentioned in this case study.
What is Swahili?
Name 3 of the 6 groups that made up the population of Adulis.
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Islamic invaders left Aksum alone between A.D. ____ and ____?
What is A.D. 632 and 710?