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    WorldHistoryIUnit3:R

    egionalCivilizations

    Chapter12:
    KingdomsandTradingStatesofAfrica,750B
    CAD1
    586

    Summarizetheculture/society/government/economyofeachkingdom/tradingstate.

    Kingdom/State

    Era

    Ruler

    Nubia/Kush

    750b.
    c350a
    .d

    KingPiankhi

    Worshiped
    theirown
    gods.

    Theireconomywasbasedontrade
    routesthroughoutAfrica.

    Ghana

    800a.
    d

    King

    Islam

    Markets,andasystemoftrade
    routes

    Mali

    1235 MansaMusa

    Islam

    GreatMilitarypower,andmostof
    theireconomywasbasedontrading.

    Songhai

    1464
    1586

    SonniAli
    Askia
    Muhammad

    Followed
    traditional
    religious
    beliefs.

    Basedtheireconomyonfarming
    andtreasury.

    Hausa(Kano&Zaria)

    500
    1500

    Muhammad
    Rumfa

    Islamic

    Amixtureoffarmingandtrade
    systems.

    Benin(BeninCity&
    Ife)

    1300s

    Oba, queen
    mother, and
    the council

    Unknown

    Farming: pepper, ivory

    Axum

    300s

    KingEzana

    Christianity

    Mostofthetradingamong2major
    cities.

    Ethiopia

    1200s

    KingLalibela

    Different
    typesof
    Christianity

    Traderoutesandalittlefarming.

    EastAfrican
    CityStates:Kilwa,
    Mogadishu,
    Mombasa,Sofala

    African
    600ad Rulers

    Islam

    DifferentmixofallculturesAsian
    traders,Africanmerchants.

    GreatZimbabwe

    900

    Unknown

    Farmingskills,miningmethods.
    Controlledtraderoutes

    Acentral
    bureaucracy

    Religion

    EconomicBase

    1500

    undertheking

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