CHAPTER 13 Study Guide- Tropical Africa and Asia 1200-1500 1. Why is Ibn Battuta an important historical figure? P.325 -Ibn Battuta had completed a pilgrimage to Mecca and throughout the Middle East‚ and he wrote in journals about his travels‚ providing valuable information about these lands 2. What marks the center of the tropic zone? P. 325 -the equator 3. What are 3 examples of domesticated plants/animals that spread around the tropics. P.328
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Analysis of Andre’s Mother by Terrence McNally The play‚ Andre’s Mother‚ by Terrence McNally is a story about accepting death and is based in a story about a young man who died before telling his mother that he was gay; leaving the man’s partner to break the news and to inform the mother about how much he missed seeing her and his fear of being rejected by her‚ in the time before his death. The theme of this story is to live life everyday with no regrets. Throughout the symbols and references you
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1. Nubia ca. 3100 B.C.- 350 C.E. (Early cultures‚ Egyptian domination 2300-1100 B.C‚ Meroë 800 B.C.-350 C.E.) a. Located in the Nile Valley‚ from Aswan south to Khartoum. Links Africa to Mediterranean. Development was dependent on need for irrigation and proximity to Egypt affected history and culture. i. Lower (borders Egypt)‚ Upper (Kush or Kerma)‚ and Southern Nubia (Kingdom of Meroë) b. Lower and Upper had governors. The governors reported to a monarch. Southern Nubia had a king
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What few Europeans knew – or wanted to know – was that the Africans had built up many remarkable kingdoms over hundreds of years. One of the greatest was the Empire of Songhai‚ far inland. In 1525‚ an Arab visitor described the capital city of Timbuktu: “Here are many shops of craftsman and merchants. The region yields corn‚ cattle‚ milk and butter in great abundance. Salt is brought he from over eight hundred miles away. The king has much gold and rides upon a camel.
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What were the political‚ religious‚ and cultural changes and continuities from the now extinct classical empires to the post-classical empires? Periodization: There were diplomatic dealings with Harun al-Rashid. There was political turmoil and other concerns so they laid the foundation of European Christendom- a region that never experienced political unity but adopted Christianity as the dominant source if cultural authority. The Byzantine Empire remained a political and economic powerhouse of
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Chapter 7 Define: * Plateau: a relatively high‚ flat land areas * Desert * Savanna: broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs Define: * Animism: * Griot: a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people’s history * Subsistence Farming: the practice of growing just enough crops for personal use‚ not for sale * Matrilineal: tracing lineage through the mother rather than the father * Patrilineal: tracing lineage through the father Know
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Civilizations: East Asia Shang Dynasty a) Pan Ku (mythic ancestor of Chinese)‚ stories about early kings b) Hwang He River (Yellow River)‚ isolated from rest of world-> little trade c) Line of kings called the Shang‚ powerful military d) Developed ideas based on basic harmony Ancestor worship Gods controlled all aspects of peoples’ lives e) Irrigation and advanced technology Skilled in pottery and silk Horse drawn chariots Good bronze workers Oracle bones (writing)
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expanded the borders of the empire even more. His grandson‚ Mansa Musa‚ has intrigued people for hundreds of years. His adventures are legendary! Mansa Musa loved knowledge and poetry. Under the direction of Mansa Musa‚ a university was built at Timbuktu‚ a city on the Trans-Sahara Trade Route‚ in ancient Mali. This university became a famous center of learning. People came from all over to study there. The various kingdoms in West Africa made very good trading partners. They each had something
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and he chose who would be on his council. These Governors were less likely to know their public or have anything to with them because they hardly ever left England to come to America. As Ghana fell apart Mali grew in power. The principal city being Timbuktu became the cultural and artistic
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1450 part C Globalization Spices Sugar was HUGE in America • New Guinea • Arabs were first to take it – med • Europeans wanted it o All they had was honey and fruits • First international mass market product o Capital from Europe/production in America/ African slaves • Sugar Belt • Slave labor o Many Indians died o Many African were resistant to disease o Horrendous conditions o Many Africans in Brazil o Spread t Caribbean • There was Spanish‚ Friend‚ English‚ Dutch
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