Essay Questions:
1. Roads and railroads were constructed.
Hospitals were established. Schools founded.
Law and Order and new cities built.
2. Gospel, Food, Shelter, Education, and stable
civil government.
African Landscape:
Deserts: 2/5 of covered with it.
Sahara/Kalahari: Sahara-North. Kalahari-South
Savanna: land characterized by wet and dry seasons
covered by grasses and shrubs.
Atlas Mountain Range: africa's longets mountain range
Mt. Kilimanjaro-africa's tallest mountains.
Nile River-longest river
Lake Victoria-africa's largest lake
Great Rift Valley-largest rift in the earth's
surface
African History
Began after the Flood.
Ebed Melech-famous Cushite && helped prophet Jeremiah
when he was cast into prison by King Zedekiah
Unamed Eithiopian-most famous Cushite in World History&&
treasurer for Queen Candance of Cush.
Eunuch-castrated man who helped the Queen.
Edesius-credited with bringing Christianity to Africa
Frumentius-first bishop of Ethiopian Christian Church.
Early Christianity in Africa
Alexandria, Egypt:home to Clement of Alexandria
Cyrene, Libya: Simon carried the cross for Jesus
Carthage, Tunisia: city of early church fathers Tertullian
and Cyprian.
Clement of Alexandria-wrote Shepherd of Tender Youth
African Trade
Sea Trade:
Africa-ivory, gold, and iron
Asians-silk, precious stones, and porcelain
Inland Trade:
Africa: slaves, gold, and ivory
Middle East: salt, copper, and dried fruits
Mali Empire:lasted from 1200-1500 AD modern day
Gambia, Guinea, Mali, and Senegal
Timbuktu: trading center for Mali Empire && famous center
for learning and culture
Songhai Empire: domin. West Africa in 1500s && monopolized
trade across the Sahara.
Explorations && Missions:
"The White Man's Grave": name for Africa during the 19th century
Mungo Park: explored Africa from 1805-1806 && traced most of the
Nile River
Hugh Clapperton: explored Africa 1822-1824. first European
to cross the Sahara Desert.
Alexander Laing: explored Africa from 1825-1826. first European
to reach Timbuktu.
Robert Moffatt: one of the first missionsaries to Africa. 1795-1883
David Livingstone: first European to see Victoria Falls. went missing.
Africa in Modern Times:
European Rule: by WWI only two African states were independent.
*Ethiopia and Libya
Progress: law and order. schools founded. roads/railroads constructed.
hospitals established. new cities built.
General Idi Amin: seixed power in Uganda. ruled until 1979.
devout muslim. killed as many as 300,000 people
Clement of Alexandria-wrote Shepherd of Tender Youth
African Trade
Sea Trade:
Africa-ivory, gold, and iron
Asians-silk, precious stones, and porcelain
Inland Trade:
Africa: slaves, gold, and ivory
Middle East: salt, copper, and dried fruits
Mali Empire:lasted from 1200-1500 AD modern day
Gambia, Guinea, Mali, and Senegal
Timbuktu: trading center for Mali Empire && famous center
for learning and culture
Songhai Empire: domin. West Africa in 1500s && monopolized
trade across the Sahara.
Explorations && Missions:
"The White Man's Grave": name for Africa during the 19th century
Mungo Park: explored Africa from 1805-1806 && traced most of the
Nile River
Hugh Clapperton: explored Africa 1822-1824. first European
to cross the Sahara Desert.
Alexander Laing: explored Africa from 1825-1826. first European
to reach Timbuktu.
Robert Moffatt: one of the first missionsaries to Africa. 1795-1883
David Livingstone: first European to see Victoria Falls. went missing.
Africa in Modern Times:
European Rule: by WWI only two African states were independent.
*Ethiopia and Libya
Progress: law and order. schools founded. roads/railroads constructed.
hospitals established. new cities built.
General Idi Amin: seixed power in Uganda. ruled until 1979.
devout muslim. killed as many as 300,000 people
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