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The African Kingdoms and City-States Song
By: Justin FogtCarson Hand
Stephen SkinnerDana SuttonTyler Allen
Sue Watson/Northside HS [[email protected]]
• The rise of Kingdoms in Europe was helped by iron-smelting and Africa adopted Islam
• The Kingdom of Ghana was the 1st one to trade and became one of the richest civilizations
• Salt was used in food and Islam had a big impact in the relationship of Ghanaian Traders
• And finally Ghana’s empire ended and they got attacked by the Almoravids
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song about them
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song about them
• Mali was a small state broke away from Ghana had a ruler named Sundiata Keita
• He organized an army gave food to all the people moved his capital to strengthen different groups
• He restored Saharan trade routes burned grass in the savannas and agriculture did real good
• He used colorful ceremonies never spoke to the people he went through he servants ‘cuz he could
• Mansa Musa was the greatest king he opened up trade routes and to Mali he introduced Islam
• He supported the hajj, gave gold bars to the poor people, Timbuktu was his palace, only superiors could read
• Ibn Battuta was a trader and author his final journey brought him to Mali and Timbuktu
• In 1330 Mali was attacked by the Berbers and it split into independent states
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song a song about them
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song a Song about them
• The Kingdom of Songhai had skilled traders, farmers, and fishers
• It became the largest West-African trading Kingdom, Sunni Ali was one of the rulers
• He captured Timbuktu and Djenne adopted legal practices maintained an army with armor, camels, and horses
• He was a Muslim when he died his kingdom fell to a non-Muslim but the population overthrew the courses
• Askia Muhammad was the next ruler under him the Songhai Empire reached its height
• He welcomed teachers, doctors, poets, students, and religious leaders the Songhai Empire he divided
• Each province had a governor, a tax collector, a court of judges, and a trade inspector
• Muhammad introduced laws based the teachings from the Quran that’s what its for
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a song a song about them
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a song a song about them
• Coastal city-states traded with Arabian Peninsula and South Asians
• They used monsoons to sail across the ocean Arab and Persian merchants to the coast they ran
• Started settling in Madagascar port of Kilwa had control of gold trade and they collected heavy taxes
• Kilwa over powered city-states and iron was widely used & traders searched for riches
• By 1300’s there were multiculture city-states Islamic and African cultures blended
• Many Africans switched to Islam and wives of Arab merchants were converted
• African Islamic families spoke Swahili and they developed Arab form of writing
• East African rulers were either Arabic of African and they used coral from the reefs to make buildings
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song a song about them
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song a song about them
• East Africa’s trading kingdoms and city states began to grow
• Bantu speaking inland kingdoms mined copper and gold
• Great Zimbabwe’s population exploded and made folks leave their homes
• They formed the Kingdom of Karanga and they needed to defend what they owned
• Kings built a fortress for politics and religion and it stood 30 feet tall
• Bantu struggled in war and Karanga territories split to Southern and Monomatapa
• European explorers came to the East African coast and the Changmire Empire fell
• And on the Southern tip of Africa in the Western part lived Khonikhoi and San
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song a song about them
• African Kingdoms and City States this is a Song a song about them