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Nov 16, 2023 · Maps: Africa in the 14th century. A great digital map of the medieval world – Africa in the 14th century. Created by Tina Ross, this map is one of the best overviews of cities that existed in late medieval Africa. It also details the natural features of the continent, the regions where gold mining was prevalent, and the route that Mansa Musa ...
Apr 11, 2022 · Video. by Geo History. published on 11 April 2022. Let's look at a map and see a summary of the different phases of exploration, conquests and colonization of African territories by European powers, beginning from the mid-15th century. Chapter.
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During the 200 year period between 1301 and 1500 (the 14th and 15th century) the main civilizations and kingdoms in Africa were the Mali Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Ife Empire, Benin Kingdom, Hausa City-states, Great Zimbabwe, Ethiopian Empire, Kilwa Sultanate, Khormans and the Ajuran Sultanate.
Jan 29, 2024 · This bibliography of printed sources and e-resources available at Columbia University provides a foundation for attaining a scholarly understanding of the relationship between cartography and modern political history of Africa, especially in the Senegambian region, the Niger valley, and the Nile valley from around the 14th century to the early 21st century CE.
- Yuusuf Caruso
- 2016
Examine the image below. A man sits in the middle of a late fourteenth century map, staring at a yellow orb, a nugget of gold. He is clearly a king, for he wears a crown and holds a scepter. To Europeans, these are symbols of kings, and the image was created by the European map-maker Abraham Cresques who lived in Spain around the year 1375.
This manuscript is attributed to Abraham Cresques, a 14th-century Jewish cartographer from Majorca. It includes a picture of Mansa Musa seated on a throne, wearing a gold crown and holding a sceptre and a round gold object, perhaps an orb, coin or nugget of gold. An accompanying caption in Catalan explains:
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