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1600 BCE
Chapter 16, Great Zimbabwe
Event name, Great Zimbabwe
Event date, Sixteenth century
Who is involved,Portuguese
Brief definition, The Portuguese tried to take over East Africa gold trade, they would send troops to the heart of the continent to search for the source of the precious metal.
Why is it significant, During one of the expeditions to a wide plateau, a Portuguese caption Found a fortress built of stones. They stumbled upon Great Zimbabwe.
Source: World History Book, page, 369, Chapter 16. -
1492 BCE
Chapter 16, Askia Muhammad
Event name, Askia Muhammad
Event date, 1492
Who is involved, Sunni Ali, Askia Muhammad
Brief definition, Askia Muhammad overthrew Bakari, The empire of Songhai grew rich by trading with other lands.
Why is it significant, This aloud the Songhai empire to reach its greatest size, stretching westward to the Atlantic Ocean.
Source: World History book, Page, 363, Chapter 16 section 1. -
1468 BCE
Chapter 16, Sunni Ali
Event name, Sunni Ali
Event date, 800, 1300, 1375,1468.
Who is involved, Sunni Ali, Soldiers
Brief definition, Sunni Ali Had a disciplined army, Troops were trained in special military camps he also had a navy of hundreds of war canoes.
Why is it significant, Sunni Ali conquered Timbuktu in 1468
Source: World history book, page, 362,Chapter 16. -
1350 BCE
CHapter 16, The Swahili
Event name,
Event date, Between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries
Who is involved, African people, Arabic people, Muslim people.
Brief definition, African and Arabic influences led to development of a new culture in coastal trade cities in east Africa. Known as the Swahili
Why is it significant, Swahili merchants adopted Islam, the conversations help them get strong trade relationships and military alliances with the Muslim world.
Source: World history book, page, 366, Chapter 16. -
1300 BCE
Chapter 16, The Empire of Mali
Event name, The Empire of Mali
Event date, During the thirteenth century.
Who is involved,European Kingdoms, Mali, Ghana.
Brief definition,Gold demand and prices were high, during the time kingdoms battled to control the gold trade.
Why is it significant, By mid thirteenth century kingdom Mali were the winners of the gold trade, By controlling the gold-for-salt exchange mali's rulers forged an empire that flourished of three centuries.
Source: World History book, page 359-360, Chapter 16 -
800 BCE
Chapter 16, The Land of Gold.
Event name, The Land of Gold
Event date, A.D. 800
Who is involved, Muslim traders, Soninke people.
Brief definition, Muslim traders regularly crossed the Sahara in caverns, they followed well-established routes. they territory behend the desert is Sudan.
Why is it significant, The first greatest empire was to rise in Sudan, it was established by the Soninke people.
Source: History book Page, 358, Chapter 16 Empires of Africa