PPT-EARLY SOCIETIES IN WEST AFRICA

History Alive The Medieval World and Beyond Chapter 12 A Long Unwritten Past People have lived in West Africa for 100s of thousands of years Due to only passing information orally for much of this time we do not have written records. Dr. Abdullahi Y. Shehu. Director General, GIABA. Presented to the Commissioners of the West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD), Accra, Ghana. 29 April 2013. Presentation Overview. Regional Context – the facts. World History. Libertyville High School. Nubia. Area between First through Fifth cataracts of Nile. Conquered by Egypt around 2000 BC. Served as major trading center between Egypt, African societies. The area now covered by the Sahara desert is cooler and wetter than it is now, although at this date it is getting dryer. Farming peoples are slowly spreading along the north African coast, and down the fertile strip of land along the river Nile is already home to a dense population of . Before We Begin. May be helpful to review Chapter 3 to refresh your thinking about Africa.. Period of 1000-1500 CE is often a time frame used in the essay portion of the national exam, as there are numerous comparison/contrast or changes and continuities question possibilities.. Prehistory. WHI.2. Differing Points of View. Evolution. Creation. Earth Forms. 4.6 Billion Years Ago. Jesus’ . Birth. 2000. Man Evolved. 3 Million Years Ago. Life Evolves. 3 Billion Years Ago. Evolutionist’s Time Line. Technological and Environmental. Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E.. Key Concept 1.1. . Big Geography and the Peopling . of the Earth. Key . Concept 1.2. . The Neolithic Revolution and . Early Agricultural Societies. Department of History & Philosophy. Kennesaw State University. Opening remarks. I. Myth and Reality. Africa: A continent. Africa is a continent. the . second largest continent in the world. How many countries?. . The peoples of West Africa developed sophisticated kingdoms, trade networks, and artistic achievements.. Ghana Grows Wealthy. NEXT. 3. SECTION. • First West African kingdom, . Ghana. , grows rich from gold and salt trade . Overview . Period 1 Beginning to 600 B.C.E. . Paleolithic Age. Neolithic Age . Neolithic Revolution. River Valley Civilizations . Mesopotamia. Egypt. Indus Valley . Huang He river valley . Question 1. “I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one.”. Chapter 6. I. Early Societies of . MesoAmerica. Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations. Early Mesoamerican societies . 1200 BCE – 1100 CE. The . Olmecs. 1. Early Agriculture in Mesoamerica . 8000-7000bce. Movement of Bantu Speaking People into Africa south of equator. Began around 3000 B.C.E. from southeastern Nigeria and the Cameroons. Over time, 400 distinct Bantu languages developed. By 1. st. century C.E., Bantu agriculturalists occupied forest regions of equatorial Africa; some had probably reached East African coast. CH. 18. I. Effects of Early African Migrations: Agriculture & Population Growth. Bananas. . - entered sea lanes by the Indian Ocean. . - Cultivation in Madagascar moved E. African mainland. . -Enabled Bantu to increase food supply, enrich diets, and expand. World History Standards. W. 20 . Describe the natural resources and geographic features of Africa, their . role . in attracting European economic interests, and their impact on . global . trade. . W. .