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Chapter 15
Africa CA, 1000-1700
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Undergraduate 1
12/05/2009

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Sharifs
Definition
*leaders who are direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad
*only N African sultanate to remain fully independent after 1700
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Ghana
Definition
*leader through previous king's sister
*power w/ the solid economic base
*well trained army
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Mali
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*Keita kings controlled the flow of W. African gold
*Agriculture & cattle farming occupations
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Mansa Musa
Definition
*King of Mali
*brought the Songhai kingdom & Gao region under the control of Mali and the Malinke
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Timbuktu
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*became leading intellectual center for sub-saharan Islam (madrasas, libraries)
*major trading city
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Songhai
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*taken down by Mansa Musa
*by Niger in 11th or 12th century
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Kanem
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*Sahalian empire in central Sudan
*had a campaign of military expansion during the 13th century
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Benin
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*felfects the sophistication of W African culture before 1500
*art is renowned for its enduring beauty
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Gold Coast
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*outlet for gold fields of Akan (slavery, caused pop. growth)
*contact w/ Europeans spread Am. crops
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Kongo
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*rests on a plateau south of Zaire River valley
*kings built central gov based on a pyramid structure of tax collection
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Angola
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*Ndongo flourished through Portuguese controlled some parts
*exported slaves
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Swahili
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*language & culture that de3veloped from interactions of Africans and Arabs along the East African coast
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Moors
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*Spanish and Portuguese term for Muslim
*Portuguese saw as enemies
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Zanzibar
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*became a major power in E Africa
*benefited from exporting cloves
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Great Zimbabwe
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*capital of Zambezi-Limpopo region
*huge site w/ 2 major buildings
*partially controlled gold trade
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Dutch East India Company
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*built first Cape settlement
*as a resupply point for Dutch vessels on way back & forth b/w Netherlands & E Indies
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Trekboers
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*white livestock farmers in Cape Colony
*developed military techniques
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Afrikaans
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*New language from Dutch
*evolved in 17th & 18th century Cape Colony
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Apartheid
Definition
*racist policies from white-dominated regime
*means "apartness"
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