WHH: Chapter 6 by

Africa: Classical Era civilizations

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Africa: A History Denied Video

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East African Trade Routes

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Major Topics: Class #1

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Do variant & diverse mean similar things?
What causes general variants?
- Geography
- Population

NORTHEAST AFRICA

"When historians refer to Africa during the classical period they are speaking of a geographic concept, a continental landmass, not a cultural identity" (283) <--- Hey what does that mean?
Geography
- Climate Zones
- Proximity to Eurasia
- Arabia
Meroe: A city
- Where?
- Known for?
- What does Egypt's fall have to do with Meroe's rise?
- How do we know they had extensive contacts with others?
  - Rome
  - Apedemek
- Decline
Axum: Christian Africa
- Where did they draw their successes?
- How is Christianity connected to those successes?
- King Ezana
Are Axum and Meroe truly variants to classical era civilization?

Africa: Climate Zones

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Apedemek

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Major Topics [Africa continued...]

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How was African history, a history denied?
- Racial
- written record
How does the experience of the Niger Valley challenge conventional notions of "civilization?" [Margin Q: ]
- Did the organization of the people in the Niger Valley, etc. (stateless societies) contribute to "Africa, a history denied?"
- What does it mean to be stateless?
- What is significant about 'cities without citadels?'
- Few signs of despotic power
- Villages of specialized jobs--Is this a variant or similarity?
In what way were Bantu people like a paper towel?
VOCAB: Griot & Diviner

BANTU

"...brought to Africa south of the equator a measure of cultural and linguistic commonality, marking it as a distinct region of the continent"

Major Topics: Americas #1 (not 'murica)

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MESOAMERICA:

Pyramids, Pyramids, Pyramids!
Olmec→Teotihuacan→Maya
Maya:
- Writing
- Why did they need an "almost totally engineered landscape?"
- political structure,
  - city-states
  - ritual bloodletting
- decline
Teotihuacan:
- organization
  - no 'self glorifying'
- educated guesses

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Major Topics: Americas #2 (still not 'murica)

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ANDES

Desert v. Mountains
Norte Chico → Chavin → Moche → Paracas → Nazca → Inca
Terraced farming here too

CHAVIN

Religious leaders (connect to Meso?)
Religion and trade together
The San Pedro Cactus (connect to Delphi)

MOCHE

Warrior Priests lived on pyramids (How do we know they were so important?)
Still human sacrifice.

PARACAS

Trephination

NAZCA

What were those lines? Are they like the pyramids?

Does the prevalence of religion in nearly all aspects of their lives make Classical era civilizations in America similar, or variant from Classical Era civilizations in Eurasia?

Chavin Conch shells

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Paracas and Nazca Video Clip

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Major Topics: Americas #3 (okay this one is 'murica)

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NORTH AMERICA

"semi-sedentary."
Pueblo
- Pit houses & Kiva
- Pueblo Bonito
- "Not all was sweetness & light"

KNOW THE BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS

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Africa Comparison Chart

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6 minute Inca review

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Diviner

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