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Period: Jan 1, 706 to Jan 1, 1100
Ghana
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Period: Jan 1, 800 to Jan 1, 1550
Mali
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Songhay
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Jan 1, 1400
Exploration of Africa
The portuguese discovered africa in search for a route that bypassed the mediterranean and allowed them to trade directly with out trading through people in the middle. This leading them to discover africa. -
Jan 1, 1487
Age of exploration
There was alot of trade for china, stone, silk and spices. Spices were very valuable because it enhanced the flavor of food. Back then spices were rare and worth buying. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Atlantic Slave trade
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Asante
The Asante kingdom traded slaves and gold. Asante traded with the Europeans on the coast. In order to protect themselves the created rivarlries amoungst neighboring Europeans. This made Asante a very powerful country. -
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Industrial Revolution
This was the time period when the production of technology was rapidly increasing. This helped to create the technology we now know. -
Arkwright's water frame
He created a factory that sped the process of making shirt out of cotton up. He made this with a water wheel that helped to move the process. -
Origin of Species
Charles Darwin published the book The Origin of Species which said that all lliving things evolved overtime this including humans. -
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Partition of Africa
Europeans invaded and took almost everything in africa during this period. -
Social Darwinism / Survival of the fittest. 1864
People twisted Charles Darwin's ideas to make their own beliefs on their world true such as racism. They called it Darwinism even though he never agreed with anything they said.