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African Empires
Location: South/Southeastern Africa
Started: 1000 A.D. – 1450 A.D.
Cities:
◦ Great Zimbabwe
◦ Sofala
Zimbabwe
Government:
Kingdom (feudal system)
◦ Mutuapa “The Great Conqueror”
Religion:
◦ Ancestral: Believe the ancestors watched
over them with Mwari being the supreme
being
Economy: Gold Mining and Trade
Zimbabwe
Acheivements:
◦ Great Zimbabwe was part of a trade
network that reached across the Atlantic
Ocean.
◦ Kingdom was enclosed with rounded
stones and a small gate
Very strong and defensible
Zimbabwe
Location
◦ East Africa (Horn)
Start/End
◦ 1000 B.C. to 750 A.D.
Major Cities
◦ Adulis: The greatest seaport. Connected
Egypt, Arabia, Persia, India, and Rome
Aksum (Axum)
Government
◦ Major Leader: Ezana expanded the empire
and converted to Christianity
◦ Dynasty with kings
Religion
◦ Ancestral
◦ Christian
Economy
◦ Sea Trade with Egypt, Arabia, Persia,
India, and Rome
Aksum (Axum)
Acheivements
◦ Only African kingdom to develop a written
language
◦ First African kingdom to create its own
coins
◦ Created Terrace Farming
Growing crops on hills
Aksum (Axum)
Location
◦ East Africa
Start/End
◦ 1100 A.D. to 1488 A.D.
Major Cities
◦ Kilwa: Import city:
Brought in manufactured
goods while shipping out
raw materials
Swahili
Government
◦ Muslim Empire
Religion
◦ Islam
Economy
◦ Based on Imports and Exports
Imported :porcelian, jewels, cotton
Exported: Ivory, gold, and salt
Swahili
Location
◦ North West Africa
Start/End
◦ 700 A.D. to 1076 A.D.
Major Cities
◦ Walata
◦ Koumbi Saleh
Ghana
Government
◦ Dynasty based on warfare (Ghana means
war chief)
Religion
◦ Ancestral
◦ Converted to Islam
Economy
◦ Gold and Salt
Ghana
Location
◦ North West Africa
Start/End
◦ 1235 A.D. to 1353 A.D.
Major Cities
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Walata
Timbuktu
Gao
Koumbi Saleh
Niani
Mali
Government
◦ Empire
Ruled by Sundiata
Expanded by Mansa Musa
Religion
◦ Islam
Economy
◦ Gold and Salt
Mali
Location
◦ North West Africa
Start/End
◦ 1400 A.D. to 1591 A.D.
Songhai
Major Cities
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Taghaza
Walata
Koumbi Saleh
Niani
Djenne
Gao
Timbuktu
Kano
Agades
Songhai
Government
◦ Empire
Ruled first by Sunni Ali who built the empire
through military conquest and took over the city
Djenne by marrying their queen to complete his
conquest
Religion
◦ Islam
Economy
◦ Gold and Salt
Songhai