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Focus Question: Why did Islam succeed in sub-Saharan and East Africa? How did warfare and trade affect its success? |
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What role did regionalism play in North African politics? By 1500 which power made North Africa a part of its empire? What was the only North African sultanate to remain fully independent after 1700? How did Islam penetrate a region and which regions of Africa were most affected by Islam?
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Focus Question: What was the importance of the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to world history? |
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Why was the contol of the trans-Saharan trade so important to these kingdoms? What was the importance of Islamic culture to these empires? What were the four great empires of Western and Central Sudan? What were the characteristics to Mali? How did knowledge of Mali spread to the wider Islamic world? According to what model the the rulers Songhai build their empire? How did the Kanuri leader Dibbalemi use Islam? How long were the Christian states of Maqurra and Alwa in existence? What happened to them?
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Focus Question:What was the nature of Costal West and Central Africa? What role did the Portuguese play in altering the nature of these societies? |
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How did the rulers of Benin extend their power and authority. For what type of art is Benin most famous? What impact did the arrival of the Europeans have on West African Coastal societies? When did the slave trade become the chief focus of Senegambian trade? How did the slave trade change the nature of economy along the Gold Coast? What export proved to be the most important in Central Africa? What undermined the Portuguese effort in education and Christian proselytizing in the Kongo? What impact did the slave trade have on the Kongo. What became the official religion of the Kongo? What was the nature of Swahili culture and commerce? When did the Swahili civilization reach it apogee? What was the nature of the ruling class? What was the main trade item coming from the interior? Which power largely replaced the Portuguese along the Swahili coast? How important is the long-term cultural and religious consequence of the Portuguese presence along the Swahali coast?
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Focus Question: What was the impact of European settlement in South Africa? How did they extend their influence against the native population? |
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Who established "Great Zimbabwe" and why what was the source of its wealth? What artifacts are most notable? What was the chief goal of the Portuguese along the Zambezi? What was the long term impact of this Portuguese enterprise? Who established the Cape Colony and for what purpose? Who were the Trekboers and what was their conflict with the Khoikhoi? How was the basis for apartheid formed in this period?
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Keita King Sundiata
msnds
Mansa Musa
Timbuktu
Sonni Ali
Afrikanns
apartheid
Swahili
Trekboers
uzama
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