Sub-Saharan Africa by Olivia Kramer https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy en-us 2023-10-11 13:50:10 UTC 2023-10-12 14:13:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Major societies in Africa oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2741901386 Songhai: Greatest university for learning Timbuktu 13th-16th c- ideas of astronomy, medicine, and mathematics
Kongo: Kingdom located in west-central Africa, and created trade with Portugaul 
Asante: Located in west Africa, traded with Portugal with gold and slaves 
Zulu: Located in south Africa. Led by warrior Shaka, British empire took them over.
Ethiopia: Trades with Portugal and other Europeans for weapons and maintained independence from Europeans. ]]> 2023-10-11 14:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2741901386 Geographic features in Africa oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2741914956 Sahara Desert: Worlds largest Africa desert 
Niger river: Main river of west Africa, moves through the countries of Niger and Mali 
Congo river: Second longes river behind the Nile
Horn of Africa: Part of Northeastern Africa includes the countries of Somalia and southeastern Ethiopia 
Cape of good hope: Located in south Africa, names after the explorer Bartholomew Dias. ]]> 2023-10-11 14:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2741914956 Social and cultural in West Africa oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2741921183 Songhai: While Islam was practiced by rulers, most people remained loyal to their indigenous religions.
Asante: Practiced indigenous religion and use and indigenous people ]]> 2023-10-11 14:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2741921183 Social and cultural patterns in East Africa oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743659031 Ethiopia 
-Influence of Christianity, Judaism, and and Islam through trade. 
- Differences in religion, and European interation caused conflict. ]]> 2023-10-12 13:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743659031 Social and cultural patterns in Central and Southern Africa oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743664859 Kongo 
- Portuguese missionaries were successful in converting rulers to christianity, resulting in the conversion of the entire kingdom 
- The art of Kongo was elaborate, using wood, cloth, and terra-cotta 
Zulu 
- Practiced of indigenous,  characterized by ancestral sprits and the use of of magic occurred.
- History passed through oral traditions in the indigenous language  ]]> 2023-10-12 13:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743664859 Songhai oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743686514 -Political system: Ruled by monarch who commanded the military and controlled an imperial bureaucracy
- Economic system: Economy based on trade of slaves and gold to North Africa across the Sahara desert and overseas ]]> 2023-10-12 13:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743686514 Asante (Ashanti) oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743700947 - Political system: Elimination of clan traditions in favor of a unified government under a central leader. 
- Economic system: Economy based on trade of slaves and gold to North Africa across the Sahara Desert and overseas]]> 2023-10-12 14:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743700947 Ethiopia oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743706748 - Political system: Ruled by a monarch centered on Christianity 
- Economic system: Economy based on trade of gold, ivory, and frankincense across the Sahara Desert and overseas ]]> 2023-10-12 14:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743706748 Kongo oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743711521 - Political system: Ruled by monarch with centralized power over a bureaucracy 
- Economic system: Economy based on agriculture, metallurgy, and trade of ivory and slaves ]]> 2023-10-12 14:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743711521 Zulu oliviak47 https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743716044 - Political system: Ruled by a monarch with centralized power over a bureaucracy 
- Economic system: Economy based on entirely on agriculture and livestock. ]]> 2023-10-12 14:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviak47/eirhnh8uhlj4fiiy/wish/2743716044