EAST AFRICA

AGENDA

• Bell Ringer: What is the impact of Mansa Musa and his pilgrimage to Mecca?

1.Lecture: East Africa and Islamic Trade2.Image Interpretation: Kilwa3.Video Analysis: The Swahili Coast. 4.Discussion, the Architecture of Gede. 5.East Africa Trade: Primary Source6.Remainder of Nine Weeks and grades7.AP Cohort change.

8.HW: Reflection #5, Examine and construct a thesis about the spread of Islam in Africa and India. Why did it happen? Create a brief description of an African and Indian culture that adopt Islam as a religion, and the impact on society.

KUSH, CONTINUED

• 710 B.C. They conquer upper Egypt. • Meroe is the center

of ironworking. • 671 B.C. taken by

Assyrians.• Height of power

250 B.C. – 150 A.D.

KUSH AT THE HEIGHT OF POWER

• Impressive pyramids, temples.• Written language

developed.• Decline• Lack of fertile land. • Lost control of trade

routes with Aksum.

AKSUM

•350 A.D. – King Ezana of Aksum takes power, conquers Kush.•Many cultures had ancestor worship, King Ezana converted his people to Christianity. •Laid foundations for Ethiopian church. •Prospered from 300-600 A.D.

DECLINE OF AKSUM

• Environment declines– Erosion from

deforestation– Land loses nutrients.

• Persians–Gained control of

Red Sea.• Islam–Competition with

Aksum, they lose control of major trade routes.

INCREASE IN TRADE

• Spread of Islam leads to increased trade.• 700 A.D. – 1300

A.D. • To get the big

bucks, people moved to Africa.• Muslims moved to

East coast.• Indonesians moved

to Madagascar.

KILWA

• 1200 A.D. Kilwa becomes leading trading port• East African coast

flourishes.• Islamic traders

praised Kilwa as the most beautiful cities in the world.