The Bantu: The Bantu, Originally located near the Benue & Niger Rivers, Climate change forced them to migrate, Spread the language Bantu, Spread the knowledge of metal working & farming, Ghana: Located next to the Niger River, Located next to Saharan Trade routes, The Land of Gold, King was called the Ghana and owned all of the gold, Traded gold for Saharan salt, Ancient Egypt: Located next to the Nile & the Mediterranean, Used the Nile, Mediterranean, and Red Seas to Trade with Neighbors, Used Nile floods to refresh the land with silt , Use irrigation ditches to water crops farther from the Nile, Believed the Pharaoh (god king) controlled the floods of the Nile, Swahili Coast: Located on East coast of Africa, on the Indian Ocean, Use Monsoons to trade and travel to Asia and back, People sailed between trading cities because plateaus were too hard to cross. ., Merchants had to wait six months for the winds to change, Bantu mixed with Arabic to create the language Swahili, Ancient Nubia: Located on the Nile in modern day Sudan, Moved the capital to Meroe for resources & access to trade routes., Had pyramids and sphinxes like their neighbors, Caused desertification by cutting down all of their trees to smelt iron ore, Land rich in timber, iron ore, and savanna climate. , Axum/Ethiopia: Use the highlands for protection, Good location in the highlands next to trade routes, Had a blend of Bantu and Hebrew to create Geez language, Built Rock churches , Built stelae , Great Zimbabwe: Great House of Stone, Gold belonged to the king, who paid his miners in cattle, Overgrazing & farming caused desertification, Location #6 on the  map, Traded with Sofala to get beads from India & Porcelain from China,

Ancient African Civilizations

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