https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u en-us 2023-06-12 10:49:12 UTC 2023-06-14 09:51:57 UTC hello@padlet.com laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621026623 Great Zimbabwe was the capital of a wealthy gold and ivory trading kingdom. The Chinese Jade teapot is evidence of trade with the Far East.]]> 2023-06-12 10:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621026623 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621049445 Twyfelfontein in Windhoek is a site rich in rock engraving. This rock art engraving shows a lion, giraffe and other wild animals.]]> 2023-06-12 11:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621049445 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621051338 A gold rhinoceros about 100 mm in size was found in Mapungubwe. Demonstrating that Mapungubwe was a rich community which traded in gold.]]> 2023-06-12 11:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621051338 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621063313 Ostrich eggshells,sometimes decorated,were used as containers for water by late Stone Age people.this is practice continued into the modern era as see by the people practicing it in this image ]]> 2023-06-12 11:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621063313 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621065293 The Portuguese explorer Dias planted a cross in 1488 on the bushman river. Initiating European involvement in Southern Africa ]]> 2023-06-12 11:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621065293 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621073298 Iron smelting at Melville Koppies in Johannesburg at 1500 CE reflects the long history of mining and mental work in Johannesburg.]]> 2023-06-12 12:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621073298 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621077331 2023-06-12 12:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621077331 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621284435 The Buzi River connected Sofala to the internal gold market. Traders from the African East Coast (Kilwa, Mogadishu) used river-going dhows, to move gold from the interior to the coast and eventually across the Indian Ocean.]]> 2023-06-12 16:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621284435 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621290874 2023-06-12 16:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621290874 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621332152 They traded natural goods like sugar, tabaco and wood]]> 2023-06-12 17:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621332152 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621333450 Enslaved people to America ]]> 2023-06-12 17:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621333450 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621344791 They traded manufactured goods like guns and cloths]]> 2023-06-12 17:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621344791 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621352815 2023-06-12 17:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621352815 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621366440 2023-06-12 17:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621366440 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621367297 During the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese Admiral Zheng He travelled along the Swahili Coast. On one of his expeditions, he stopped in Malindi (Kenya). The Sultan of Malindi sent the Chinese Emperor a giraffe and other creatures from Africa as gifts.]]> 2023-06-12 17:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621367297 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621369673 Kilwa was one of the most important trading centres on the Swahili Coast. It controlled the gold trade from Sofala up the coastline.]]> 2023-06-12 17:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621369673 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621379005 A range of Turquoise-glazed wares from the Persian Gulf have been found at archaeological sites across the Indian Ocean. In East Africa, turquoise-glazed jars were the most common finds. ]]> 2023-06-12 18:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621379005 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621379167 Recent archaeological excavations on the Island of Zanzibar have produced large numbers of glass beads, demonstrating the interaction the people on the Island had with merchants from Persia and India. ]]> 2023-06-12 18:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621379167 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621379356 Many Travels visited Mogadishu.
Duarte Barbosa from Portugal said the following upon his visit.

"Ships come there from the kingdom of Cambay (India) and from Aden with stuffs of all kinds, and with spices. And they carry away from there much gold, ivory, beeswax, and other things upon which they make a profit." ]]> 2023-06-12 18:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621379356 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621392812 In order to trade with merchants from the East, Africans from inland Kingdoms first had to transport their goods to the East coast of Africa. Where coastal trading towns would further trade their goods.]]> 2023-06-12 18:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621392812 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621404213 A city based on spice and textile trade on the west coast of India, Calicut was once a world-famous port connecting Muslim traders across the Indian Coast.   ]]> 2023-06-12 18:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621404213 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621464414 The stoned-walled settlement of the Bokoni on the Mpumalanga escarpment is evidence of a sophisticated agricultural community.]]> 2023-06-12 20:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621464414 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621504150 Arabian merchants travelled along the east coast of Africa and introduced Islam into the little ports and fishing villages where they stopped to trade. ]]> 2023-06-12 22:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621504150 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621510817 2023-06-12 22:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621510817 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621518153 2023-06-12 23:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621518153 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621547653 2023-06-12 23:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621547653 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621549320 Timbuktu was known for its schools and learning in the Islamic world.
Timbuktu was know for there great education and books]]> 2023-06-13 00:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621549320 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621549875 2023-06-13 00:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621549875 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621551164 Mecca]]> 2023-06-13 00:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621551164 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621551689 2023-06-13 00:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621551689 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621553161 2023-06-13 00:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621553161 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621553650 2023-06-13 00:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621553650 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621554227 Camels were so important to the Trans-Saharan trade because the camels were used for carrying goods and other profitable products.
The camels made the trips across the Northern Africa a lot shorter in time]]> 2023-06-13 00:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621554227 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621555355 2023-06-13 00:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621555355 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621560154 2023-06-13 00:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2621560154 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2623267294 2023-06-14 09:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2623267294 laurenrowe3 https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2623267872 2023-06-14 09:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrowe3/65p82hm1l0teck9u/wish/2623267872