CHAPTER 8 AFRICAN BEGINNINGS AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
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CHAPTER 8
AFRICAN BEGINNINGS
AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
The African Environment
Physical Environment
General Cultural Patterns
The Peopling of Africa
Bantu Dispersion
Ethiopia and Northeastern Africa
Empires of the Western Sudan
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Kanem-Bornu and the Hausa States
The Peopling of Africa
West African Forest Kingdoms
Swahili City-States in East Africa
Kingdoms of Central and Southern
Africa
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND
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
The major empires of East Africa and
the western Sudan.
The cross-cultural impact of the transSaharan and Indian Ocean trade.