regional outlinefor sub- saharan africa（区域outlinefor使得撒哈拉以南非洲）.docVIP

AP World History AP World History Exam Regional Outline Tables AP World History Name ________________________ Period ________________________ Date _________________________ “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” --- Winston Churchill Regional Outline for: Sub-Saharan Africa 8000 – 600 CE 600 – 1450 CE 1450-1750 CE 1750 – 1914 CE 1914 - Present Politics Pharaoh/queen (living incarnation of sun god), internal disorder, invasions (900 BCE), irrigation Kingship legitimized by Islam, ‘People of The Book’, Bantu (stateless societies) leaders cooperated with slave traders; monarchy Re-colonization of Africa; Sierra Leone, Liberia ; coastal kingdoms ruled by warlords/merchants; intertribal war; Revolutions; White Man’s Burden Decolonization of Africa; attempt at representative government; involved in WWII; renewed independence efforts( civil war, government corruption; socialism Economy Trade with Kush and Mesopotamia, agricultural villages engaged in trade. Trade, with Islam as unifying factor, trans-Saharan trade routes; Ghana (gold), Mali; gold, salt, honey, slaves, ivory, imports, trade with Byzantine Empire, agriculture Triangular Trade/ Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; guns traded for slaves; slave trade with Mediterranean world End of Atlantic Slave Trade( Islamic states of West Africa still trade slaves; rely on slave trade more; economic slump Globalized economies; mercantilism in former colonies; poverty stricken countries; international debt Social Class/Gender Patriarchal, but women manage household, own property, regents of rulers, priestesses, scribes, can divorce, high priest class Merchants valued; patriarchal society, rich women more restricted; Islamic law, ‘People of the Book’, religious tolerance, class centered around age group Demographic shifts; more males in the slave trade than females (females traded more in the East coast); depopulated Rap