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  1. Highlights. Learning Objectives. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Analyze the relationship between the physical geography of Africa and the migration of peoples like the Bantu. Discuss how Christianity and Islam arrived and spread throughout western Africa.

  2. Sep 27, 2019 · published on 27 September 2019. The ancient and medieval Mediterranean might have been a bustling stage of ever-changing empires but, across the inhospitable barrier of the Sahara Desert, West Africans were equally busy building up and toppling down their own kingdoms and empires.

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  4. Mar 22, 2024 · Ghana, first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (fl. 7th–13th century). It was situated between the Sahara and the headwaters of the Sénégal and Niger rivers, in an area that now comprises southeastern Mauritania and part of Mali.

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    Google Earth Lesson: The Geography of West Africa: Geo Spatial Inquiries through a Historical LensHow did geography support the development and success of complex societies in West Africa?The goal...

    Ghâna

    1. Kingdom of Ghâna Primary Source Documents 2. Kingdom of Ghana Audio File(BBC Story of Africa Series, 28 min)

    Mali:

    1. Kingdom of Mali Primary Source Documents 2. Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time(companion website to the Block Museum exhibit) 3. Podcast: Medieval Africa at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto:a 22 minute podcast on the Caravans of Gold exhibit of the Block Museum, currently in Toronto. 4. Sundiata: An Epic 4.1. Why this Epic? 5. The Road to Timbuktu(PBS) 6. Lesson Plans: Trekking to Timbuktu(Edsitement-NEH site) 7. The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Virtual Tour: this website from the Office of Re...

    Songhai:

    1. Kingdom of Songhay Primary Source Documents 2. Great Empires of Mali and Songhai Audio File(BBC Story of Africa Series, 28 min)

  5. Oct 31, 2023 · Ancient West Africa: An Introduction, designed for the middle grades (6 – 8), uses a humanities approach. The three areas of focus are physical geography, the gold trade of ancient West Africa, and the epic of Sundiata of Mali. The unit applies the Five Themes of Geography throughout.

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