Bigger and more powerful than Rome

Cheikh Anta Diop

- found that egypt is the longest lasting civilization

- advanced in language

math- gave many theorems and equations still accepted today.

religion- had an advanced polytheistic religion that was resorted too after first ruling out the possibility of a monotheistic religion

Egyptians had black and willy hair.

- Egyptology is a false belief that declares Egypt a white culture simply because they were too advanced to possibly believe black.

485 BC- father of history

gave an unbiased description of many cultures during the time of 485 BC

First greek writer who succeeded in writing a large sclae historical narrative that survived time.

discribed the culture of Egypt as peaceful people, thinking that whites must have been the initiator to conflict.

West African Empires

end of 17th century

advancedment through these empires ceased due to colonialism.

- responsible for trade routes religion governmental organization civil improvements and ruling people groups were either developed or constantly proved throughout this time.

- Ghana adopted Islam, problem with trade routes accross saharah.

- Mandinka captured ghana in 5 years expanding Mali empire.

-Songhay came after mali.- Songhay had standardized weights, measures, and currency.

-1300 yrs these socities flourished on the niger and senegal rivers.

1539- successful medicine man.

called the black, was a slave in spain who followed cabeza de vaca.

- traveled all over americas experiencing spanish and american indian culture.

First black writer to publish in America

- very understood and undervalued

- wrote in biblical style crying for freedom

- extensive works considering he was a life long slave with no real education he also accomplished everything without support of the abolition movement.

1753

first African woman poet celebrated in boston during the revolutionary war.

- brought into slavery at age 8 but she was afforded an education, being able to write her first poem at age 13.

Her poems are deeply religious.

- she didnt preserve her african heritage, her work was negative bloodless and didnt support slaves.  She seemed superficial and unable to identify with members of her own race.

First African American owned an operated newspaper published in the us.

In new york from 1827 to 1829.

- provided international, national, and regional information regarding current events speaking against slavery, lynching and ect.

essentially an extension of the classical period. by artists

greatly influenced following literature.

1852

- Slave who wouldn't wrong his master, he wouldn't run away.

When being held in captivity under Legree a hard master he still works dilligently and Tom was too nice to be an overseer, he couldn't beat other slaves and this angered legree.

One day emmeline and cassy escape and tom will not disclose their location even though he knows, legree severely beats him causing his death a few days later.

- This story depicts the many cruelties of slavery.