PPT-Medicine in Africa: Empire

Racial science Colonial government medicine Missionary medicine A Case Study Venereal Disease in Uganda I Racial Science Originally relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive. British got their Empire in a `. fit of absence of mind. `. There was no systematic plan to build an Empire, rather it just happened.. In fact, many in Britain against establishing an Empire as it was expensive to maintain and defend.. Chapter 25. Overview: African Politics and Society. Review: Bantus – migrations, stateless societies -> chiefdoms and regional kingdoms -> Trans-Saharan trade -> large kingdoms, empires, and city-states. The British from the Americas. To east Asia. The slow growth of the early empire. Started close to home: “colonizing” the . british. isles. Late 16. th. c.: Focused on the Americas and the northwest passage. (pp. 112-117). . . THINKING FOCUS. What effect did trade have on the people of Ghana?. KEY TERMS. Matrilineal. Patrilineal. (Mom & Pop). A New Trade Center. . Between the 700s and 1500s, large trading empires flourished in West Africa. . www.educationforum.co.uk. . In the 7. th. century AD the new religion of Islam spread rapidly through the Middle East, North Africa and even into Spain and Portugal. Islamic territories united under one ruler or caliph. Ghana, Mali and Songhai. 7.4.1, 7.4.3, 7.3.5. Ghana: Chapter 6, Section 1 . Rise . of Ghana. One of three great civilizations that arose along the . Niger River . Ghana was located . between salt and gold . Ghana, Mali and Songhai. Rise . of Ghana. One of three great civilizations that arose along the . Niger River . Ghana was located . between salt and gold . mines. Ghana’s . power came from . their . 1750-1870. Imperial Policies. Emphasis on trade rather than territory. Colonies were to serve as ports. Emphasis on free trade rather than mercantilism. Mercantilism: government regulation of trade. Laissez faire: no / little government intervention in trade. Early African Development. Bantu were a language group from west Africa. used . iron tools to clear lands and cultivate crops. grew . yams, millet, and . sorghum. . increasing . food supply. population growth strained. Empire . of . Ghana. Trade was vital to the societies of West Africa. That region produced valuable resources—notably . gold. —that brought high prices. By the 800s, rulers of Ghana had used the wealth from these products to create a huge, powerful empire.. Mrs. Costello. Mrs. . Suto. ,. Ms. . Soddano. Geography. 2. nd. largest continent. 1/5 of Earth’s land surface. Varied geographic features.. Climate Zones. Savanna. Natural resources. Griot. Kinship. Lineage. Proverb. Africa’s Geography. Africa’s geography includes plateaus in its interior, a coastline filled with waterfalls, and deserts such as the Sahara.. Chapter 6, Lesson 1. The Growth of Coastal Trading Cities. L1 HW Review Questions. Identify & Example. : (2 sentences). 1) ethnic 2) manufacture 3) network 4) monsoon 5) prosper. Main Idea. : (3-5 sentences). Traces of smallpox pustules were found on the head of a 3000-year-old mummy of the Pharaoh Ramses V CENTURYA written description of a disease that clearly resembles smallpox In China people appealed t