Transcript CHAPTER 8 AFRICAN BEGINNINGS AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 

CHAPTER 8
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AFRICAN BEGINNINGS
AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
The African Environment
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Physical Environment
General Cultural Patterns
The Peopling of Africa
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Bantu Dispersion
Ethiopia and Northeastern Africa
Empires of the Western Sudan
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Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Kanem-Bornu and the Hausa States
The Peopling of Africa
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West African Forest Kingdoms
Swahili City-States in East Africa
Kingdoms of Central and Southern
Africa
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND
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The broad outlines of African history—
its geographic, trade, ethnic and
historical background, and general
cultural patterns.
The civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa.
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND
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The major empires of East Africa and
the western Sudan.
The cross-cultural impact of the transSaharan and Indian Ocean trade.