The Development of AfricaGoogle Image Search Development of Africa: What can you infer?

What do you know?

Reputation Facts

How big is it?

Natural Resources

The Bantu Migration

Movement of people to Sub- Saharan Africa approx. 3,000 years agoSpread of Language, Customs

Spread of Islam

Two People

Mansa Musa Ibn Battuta

Mansa Musa

MALI

Map

Empire

Trade

Knowledge

Cultural Diffusion

Travels of Ibn Battuta

http://ibnbattuta.berkeley.edu/index.html

Welcome to this tour of Ibn Battuta's medieval travels. You will be following in the footsteps of this famous 14th century Muslim traveler, exploring the places he visited and the people he encountered. To help you learn more about his adventures there will be images of the people and places he saw, information on the food he might have tasted, and "side trips" into the past and future. Ibn Battuta started on his travels when he was 20 years old in 1325. His main reason to travel was to go on a Hajj, or a Pilgrimage to Mecca, as all good Muslims want to do. But his traveling went on for about 29 years and he covered about 75,000 miles visiting the equivalent of 44 modern countries which were then mostly under the governments of Muslim leaders of the World of Islam, or "Dar al-Islam". http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1354-ibnbattuta.asp

Your Task: Post Cards from Africa

Assignment- You are Ibn Battuta1. Identify 3 accomplishments of the Empire of

Mali (from HW)2. Choose an African Civilization (The Bantu,

Ghana, Songhai, Benin, Kilwa, Djenno- Deno, Aksum, Zimbabwe- based on Chapters 8, 15)

3. If Mali is the “Gold Medal” civilization of Early Africa, than why is yours worthy of a “Silver Medal”? (geography, economy, culture)

4. Title, Pictures, Details that create a clear snapshot of your African Civilization