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Jan 6, 700
Kornu-Bornu Picture
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Period: Jan 6, 700 to Jan 7, 1376
The Korn-Bornu Empire was born
The Kanum Bornu empire was produced. This is very important because it was run by the most important and successful dynasty in Africa. It was also significant because it was a trade empire as well. The trade empire was majorly successful. More than 200 people went in through the trade empire everyday in hopes of trading goods for goods. Some leave empty handed and some are successful. Also, trading people made living in Africa way better and sufficient in more ways than one. -
Period: Jan 6, 1380 to Jan 7, 1500
The Kanuri People
The Kanuri people migrated North and South Africa. This migration saved many Africans from sickness. The ruler had come in contact with a disease and spread it to many of his people. The people then ran away from the ruler to not get the disease he had, which ended up saving lives. After the people managed to get farther away, they ended up dying from starvation and dehydration. They were all then found and put into museums. -
Jan 6, 1520
Defeat of Ndongo region
In 1520, a royal Portuguese commandment ordered the Mbundu people of the Ndongo kingdom to convert to Christianity. However, the Ndongo leadership opposed the efforts of the missionaries which provoked the Portuguese greatly. And because of that, the Portuguese reacted to their response with many invasions regularly which lead up to their military defeat of the region in the 17th century. This event is significant because this was when the military got control over Ndongo region. -
Dona Ana Nzinga was born.
Dona Ana Nzinga was born in 1583. This is a significant event because she became Queen of the Mbundu people in Angola in 1624 and spent 2 decades fighting Portuguese expansion. She made a difference because she refused to allow the Portuguese to control her nation so she formed forces with Dutch and she was able to defeat the Portuguese army in 1647. Years after her death, the army successfully gained resistance against the Portuguese which resulted in independence of Angola in 1975. -
The increase of the flow of slaves
During this time, Imbangala, allied with the Portuguese at Angola, damaged the large centralized states of the coastal lowlands such as Ndongo. This gave the chance for the Imbangala to increase the flow of slaves out of the Portuguese port of Luanda. Furthermore, Imbangala also developed a system of initiation in which youths abandon family ties and become raised communally in military formations. This event is significant because Imbangala allied with the Portuguese at Angola. -
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Kongo Kingdom with no leadership and authority
During this time, the successive rulers of Kongo, kings Garcia II and Antonio I, witnessed an extended campaign to restore the control of the kingdom by containing the Portuguese hostility which started from Angola. This campaign caused an eruption in 1665 at the Battle of Mbwila, in which Antonio I, one of the rulers and his main lieutenants were killed. This is significant because, after that, the kingdom had no leadership and authority to rule. -
Establishment trade from the Lunda ruler
Yaav Naweej, the Lunda ruler, established a trade between his capital at Musuma and the coastal city of Luanda to open up the Central African interior in order to important European goods to provide an outlet for African slaves and forest products. This event is significant because he was the one who made African slave trade available in Lunda. This caused an increase of area and availability in slavery to the coastal city of Luanda in Central Africa. -
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Kanyembo I’s Eastward Migration
Kanyembo I had an eastward migration from Mukulweji made an establishment in the Lunda state of Kazembe (now known as northeastern Zambia). This establishment strengthened the trade routes which connected the east coast to the Central African interior. This event is significant because this event was the reason why the trade routes developed and made slavery easier. This event made a difference since it created a change in development of increasing. -
Portugal regaining authority
Portugal tries to regain authority over ports and trade routes by military campaigns which increased the Portuguese influence in Central Africa. This influenced spread European goods, Catholicism and slave trade throughout the area which was as far as the Zambezi River. This event is significant because European influences and slave trade increased crucially throughout the area. The difference that this event made was that from this time on slave trade started to pick up the pace. -
Portugal regaining authority
Portugal tries to regain authority over ports and trade routes by military campaigns which increased the Portuguese influence in Central Africa. This influenced spread European goods, Catholicism and slave trade throughout the area which was as far as the Zambezi River. This event is significant because European influences and slave trade increased crucially throughout the area. The difference that this event made was that from this time on slave trade started to pick up the pace. -
Leopold's Control
Leopold gained control and asked for support in Central Africa. To ensure their support Leopold promised the slaves for any trade they wanted. Countries such as Germany and Portugal received rights to enter the Congo. A Congo free state was created and controlled by Leopold in 1885. The Congo area was mainly ignored because it was independent from Africa. Planning to attack and conquer over Central Africa, the Europeans took over the Congo area in hopes of being able to gain control. -
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French and Spanish Government
Morocco was separated into two by the Spanish and the French. With the Spanish controlling the coastal areas and the french controlling the inland. Imam Muhammad ‘Abduh was the leader for social, political, and religious reforms in Egypt. Liberals in Egypt uphold human right and modern education. Also the liberals dismiss the idea of theocracy. The British persecute radical intellectuals. Imam Muhammad ‘Abduh Dies in 1905. Also, liberals uphold the emancipation of women. -
The Kanuri People picture
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Congo Kingdom picture
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Kanyembo I’s Eastward Migration Picture
