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| When (roughly) was Jenne jeno flourishing? |
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| between 300 BCE and 900 CE |
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| What was the African Niger River civilization based on? |
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| HOw many people lived in jenne jeno at its high point? |
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| Why did people come to the Niger river after 500 BCE? |
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| a prolonged dry period brought people to the river for water |
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| Were the Niger river cities ruled collectively or independently? |
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| how were the Niger river valley people ruled? |
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| a complex urban center without a lot of centralized control |
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| HOw was jenne jeno structured? |
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| a cluster of economically specialized settllements surronding a larger central sound |
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| What was teh most prestigious of the Jenne jeno occupations? |
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| singers who preserved and recited the oral tradition of their socities |
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| What did the artisan communities of Jenno jeno develop into? |
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| What was trade in jenne jeno like? |
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| long distance trade by boat up the Niger adn donkey caravans to the north and south |
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| What was teh decline of the niger river civilizations most likely due to? |
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| the expanision of Islam that marked a large SPEC shift |
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| What was the most significant development of the classical era of the niger river civilizations? |
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| the movement of the bantu people inot most of the continent |
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| What did the Bantu migration introduce the Niger civilizations? |
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| economic and cultural changes |
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| Where did the first wave of Bantu people live? |
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| in villages and farms adn along river banks of the rainforest |
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| What was motivation for the bantu people to move East? |
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| the rainforests did not provide room for farming |
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| What was the Bantu migration like? |
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| a slow movement of peoples, perhaps a few extended families at a time |
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| What was the most significant interaction with the Bantu speaking people? |
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| the hunter gatherer peoples from the part of africa south of the equator |
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| What were the hunter gatherers that the bantu interacted with called? |
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| What were the advantages of the interaction between the Bantu and Batwa? |
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| numerical increase, disease, iron |
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| how did the Batwa develop? |
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| into forest specialists and adopted Bantu language |
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| how did the bantu people see the Batwa? |
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| as having a special relationship with the land, "orignal civilizers of the earth" |
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| What was bantu philosophy like? |
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| the problem of evil was understood as the consequences of individual malice or the faliure to honor one's ancestors |
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| What was Bantu religion like? |
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| centrallity of worship of ancestors and nature spirits |
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| What was Bantu music like? |
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| emphasis on polyrhythmic performance with drums |
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| HOw much were women involved in Bantu socitey? |
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| could work in the feilds as workers/innovators |
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| How could ancestors and nature spirits of Bantu culture be acessed? |
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| through sacrifices, and in charms |
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