CHAPTER 13

African Societies and the Impact of Islam,1500 B.C.E. – 1500

B.C.E.

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1. Africa Before Islam

A. Early African HistoryB. The Bantu Migrations: Cohesion in Diversity

1. Bantu migrations2. Bantu society3. Islamic connections

C. Regional Cultural Adaptations1. Geography and climate

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1. Africa Before Islam (cont’d)

D. Clans and Kingdoms1. Clans2. Polygamy

E. African Traditional Religion1. African polytheism

F. Early African Culture1. Religion and culture

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2. Islamic Africa and Spain: Commercial and Cultural Networks

A. Islamic North Africa1. Isolation2. Arab invasion

B. Cosmopolitan Umayyad Spain1. Islamic conquest2. Cultural blending3. Cultural achievements4. The Caliphate of Córdoba

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2. Islamic Africa and Spain: Commercial and Cultural Networks (cont’d)

C. Fatimid Egypt1. The Shi’ite Fatimids2. Fatimid rule3. Decline and defeat

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3. Trade Across the Sahara

A. Early Saharan Trade1. Camels and trade

B. Islam’s Interaction with West Africa1. Commercial and cultural networks2. Consequences of trans-Saharan trade

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4. West African Kingdoms: Ghana and Mali

A. The Conversion of Ghana1. Gold, salt, and Islam2. The Almoravids and the conversion of Ghana3. Decline

B. Islamic Mali, 1200 – 14501. Mali emerges as Ghana’s successor2. Mansa Musa

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5. Ethiopia’s Christian Kingdom

A. Christian Ethiopia1. Conversion2. Commerce3. Resistance to Islamic expansion

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6. The City-States of East Africa

A. Development of a Bantu-Arab Culture1. Settlement and cultural blending2. The Indian Ocean community

B. East and West Africa Compared1. Economic divergence2. Slavery

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7. The Bantu Connection: Central and Southern Africa

A. The Bantu Influence1. Central Africa2. Southern Africa

B. Great Zimbabwe

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