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    This document provides a summary of the key kingdoms and trading states in Africa between 750 BC and 1586 AD. It outlines the era, ruler, dominant religion, and economic base of each state. Some of the major powers discussed include the kingdoms of Nubia/Kush, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, the Hausa states of Kano and Zaria, Benin, Axum, Ethiopia, and various East African city-states such as Kilwa, Mogadishu, and Mombasa. Their economies centered around gold, salt, agricultural commodities, livestock, mining, ivory, and trade along trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean routes.

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    This document provides a summary of the key kingdoms and trading states in Africa between 750 BC and 1586 AD. It outlines the era, ruler, dominant religion, and economic base of each state. Some of the major powers discussed include the kingdoms of Nubia/Kush, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, the Hausa states of Kano and Zaria, Benin, Axum, Ethiopia, and various East African city-states such as Kilwa, Mogadishu, and Mombasa. Their economies centered around gold, salt, agricultural commodities, livestock, mining, ivory, and trade along trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean routes.

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    WorldHistoryIUnit3:R

    egionalCivilizations

    Chapter12:
    KingdomsandTradingStatesofAfrica,750BC
    AD1586

    Summarizetheculture/society/government/economyofeachkingdom/tradingstate.

    Kingdom/State

    Era

    Ruler

    Religion

    EconomicBase

    Nubia/Kush

    2649
    2630
    B.C.

    kings

    god,
    goddesses

    trade:goldgoodsfursilverandart

    Ghana

    300
    AD
    1500
    Bc

    Sundiata
    Keita

    Christianity

    manufacturingandexportationof
    digitaltechnologygoods,automotive
    andshipconstructionandexportation

    Mali

    c.
    1230
    toc.
    1600.

    Sundjata

    Muslim

    mining,
    agriculturalcommodities,
    livestock,andfish.

    Songhai

    1230s
    Askia/

    Islam

    trades:ivory,animalfur,goldand
    preciousstones

    Mohammed
    Hausa(Kanoand
    Zaria)

    1000s

    Bagauda

    Islam

    farmingcopperironstoneminerals

    Benin(BeninCity&
    Ife)

    1300s

    Oba, queen
    mother, and
    the council

    Unknown

    Farming: pepper, ivory

    Axum

    200s

    kingezana

    judaism

    trades:ivory,animalfur,goldand
    preciousstones

    Ethiopia

    1270s

    kinglalibela

    christianity

    unknown

    EastAfrican
    CityStates:Kilwa,
    Mogadishu,
    Mombasa,Sofala

    600s

    localafrican
    rulers

    islam

    ivoryleopardskinsironcopper

    GreatZimbabwe

    1800s

    AgodKing

    unknown

    farming,iron,miningskills,raised
    cattle

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