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Student Handout 1.28

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QI3.1gE"S;'~.g(1). Bantu

Migrations(c. 500 B.C.-A.D. 1500)

Gradual migrations of

Bantu-speaking peoples

spread ironworking

technology throughoutsub-Saharan Africa.

WestAfricanTrading Empires(c. BO0-1600)

Great empires grew by

controlling the trans-Saharan

trade of gold, salt, and other

goods. Ghana maintained its

traditional religion while Mali and

Songhai were influenced by Islam.

Turkish

Empire(c. 1500-1918)

Ottoman Turks conquer

African states of Algiers,

Tunis, Tripoli, and Egypt,

consolidating theinfluence of Islam in

North Africa.

EuropeanColonialism(1880s-1960s)

Eight western Europeannations divide Africa

into colonies whereby

Europeans control

Africans politically and

exploit them economically.

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RiseofIslam(c. 650-1000)

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The Muslim faith

spreads from the Middle

East to North, West, and

East Africa, mixing withArabic and African

cultures.

East African Swahili-

speaking states grew

from trading with China

(silk, porcelain), India

(spices, rice, cotton, cloth),

and the Middle East (glass,

pearls, fabric).

AfricanIndependence(1957-present)

African nations win

independence from

European nations after many

years of resistance. The new

nations struggle with the

political and economic legacyof colonialism.

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