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Pre-Colonial Africa and Religion. Unit 2 Chapter 7 Section 1 Unit 2 Chapter 7 Section 3. Timeframe. Axum: 330 CE – King Ezana converts to Christianity 641 CE – Arab forces conquer Egypt By 700 CE, most of North Africa is Islamic Axum and North Africa exist peacefully - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Pre-Colonial Africa and Religion
Unit 2 Chapter 7 Section 1
Unit 2 Chapter 7 Section 3
Timeframe
• Axum: 330 CE – King Ezana converts to Christianity
• 641 CE – Arab forces conquer Egypt– By 700 CE, most of North Africa is Islamic
• Axum and North Africa exist peacefully
• By 1300’s, tensions rise between Islam and Christianity– Each trying to conquer trade routes in Africa
How do conversions take place?
• Trade– Traders of the Islamic faith converting individual
merchants
• Leaders not initially converting to Islam• Conflict in East Africa
– Christianity already established– Islam and traditional values oppose one another
• Central and Southern Africa converted by 1400’s• More converts in East Africa by 1100-1200’s
– Upper class
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