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egionalCivilizations
Chapter12:
KingdomsandTradingStatesofAfrica,750B
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Summarizetheculture/society/government/economyofeachkingdom/tradingstate.
Kingdom/State
Era
Ruler
Religion
EconomicBase
Nubia/Kush
750bc
Piankhi
Islam
theyweremanlyAgricultureeven
theirwifedidthesamething
Ghana
300
A.D
KayaMagan
Christian
theypayedgoldsotheygetsalt
handcraftedleather
Mali
1600s
MansaMusa
Muslim
miningandtheproductionof
Agricultureandsamelivestockand
fish
Songhai
1591s
Timbuktu
Islam
theytradegoldsaltKolanutsand
sometimesslavestheyimported
luxury
Hausa(Kano&Zaria)
1500s
Bagauda
islam
farmingcopperironstoneminerals
Benin(BeninCity&
Ife)
1300s
Oba, queen
mother, and
the council
Unknown
Axum
200s
kingEzana
judaism
tradesivoryanimalfur,gold,and
stones
Ethiopia
Kinglalibela
1270s
chiristanly
unknown
EastAfrican
CityStates:Kilwa,
Mogadishu,
Mombasa,Sofala
600s
localrulers
fromafrica
islam
ivoryleopardskinsironcopper
GreatZimbabwe
1800s
agodking
unknown
farmingironminingskillsraised
cattle