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Focus Question: What
was the nature of Nilotic Africa and Ethiopia? What factors influenced
their development ? |
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Where was the Kingdom of Kush located? Which foreign civilization
had the greatest cultural influence upon Kush, in what way? The Napatan
empire flourished during which Egyptian kingdom? How did the
Napatan rulers think of themselves? Which “Egyptian” dynasty was
actually Kushite? How and by whom were the Kushites forced out of
Egypt? What factor increasingly isolated the Kushites from Egypt
and the Mediterranean world? What was the primary economic role of
Meroitic Kush from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D.?
The Aksums were a mixture of what two peoples? What language type
was spoken in Aksum? What was the basis of wealth for the Aksumite
empire? What development eventually eclipsed Aksumite power?
Why did the Aksumites initially enjoy relatively cordial relations with
the Muslims? After about 1300 which state was the only predominately Christian
state in Africa, what had happened to the others? |
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Focus Question: What type of
societies developed in Central, Southern and East Africa? |
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For what prehistoric, artistic work are the Khoisan ancestors
most famous? Where are the Khoisan-speakers mainly found today?
Approximately how many languages are in the Bantu group? From where
did the Bantu peoples begin their migrations? How were the proto-Bantu
peoples adaptative? What explanations can be given as to how the
Bantu managed to impose their languages on earlier cultures? When
is there evidence of long distance trade along the coast of East Africa?
Which peoples tended to dominate this trade? What political unit
generally existed along the Eastern coast? What goods were
imported and exported prior to the tenth century? Which goods were
most important? The diversity of the highlands of East Africa reflects
what process? |