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| From 600 to 1450, Muslims exerted influence in all places except: |
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| ETHIOPIA Christian kingdom during this period |
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| Like Mali, Great Zimbabwe's wealth came from |
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| Regional and long distance trade |
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| How did Islam spread through sub-saharan africa? |
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| Sub-saharan africa was introduced to islam through merchants, missionaries, and marriage. it was a gradual change that took place in various parts of africa. |
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| Customary women's roles in africa covered everything except |
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| serving as religious leaders. even though matrilineal they were still patriarchal |
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| The spread of Islam encouraged |
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| literacy in both Arabic and local languages, literacy among children (sons), the study of law, science, adn medicine, the trading of books as a commodity |
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| by 1200, most Africans were making their living by |
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| Farming and other agricultural activities |
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| an indigenous African dynasty that had earlier converted to Islam through peaceful interactions with Muslims |
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| The increase of elites with wealth from commercial trading resulted in |
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| the rise of slaves to serve the elites and the importance of slavery for commerce |
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| Ghana was similar to Mali in that both |
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| controlled critical trans-Saharan trade routes. NOTE** control of trade routes= empire development |
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| African slaves working for Europeans? |
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| Europeans did not colonize africa really until the 19th century, and did not establish plantations till then. They did everything else for them but that.. |
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