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egionalCivilizations
Chapter12:
KingdomsandTradingStatesofAfrica,750B
CAD1
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Summarizetheculture/society/government/economyofeachkingdom/tradingstate.
Kingdom/State
Era
Ruler
Religion
EconomicBase
Nubia/Kush
750
bc
ad
350
piankhi
prayedto
gods:
apedemak
trade:gold,ivory,animalskins,
perfumes
richinironore
Ghana
ad
800
1050
capital:
kumbisaleh
islamic
merchants
Mali
ad
1235
1400
sundiata
MansaMusa
Islamic
basedhis
systemof
justiceon
quran
goldminingregionsinnorthsalt
mininginsouth
Songhai
ad
1450
1492
SonniAli
Aski
Muhammad
tradition
religious
beliefs
farming
Hausa(Kano&Zaria)
1300s
Muhammad
Rumfa
Unkown
cottonweavers,leatherworkers
etc.trade
Benin(BeninCity&
Ife)
1300s
Oba, queen
mother, and
the council
Unknown
Axum
200
bc
400
ad
Ezana
Christianity
Controlledtriangulartrade
network
Ethiopia
Lalibela
1200s
Christianity
Unknown
EastAfrican
CityStates:Kilwa,
Mogadishu,
Mombasa,Sofala
ad
600s
blendof
cultures
sailingtradebyshipslavetrade
Unknown
GreatZimbabwe
ad
900
1500
godking
Unknown
whoruled
overalllots
ofqueens
bureaucracy
farming,ironandmining
methodsraisedcattletrade