GMS 400 Lecture 1: GMS400 - Week 1 - Notes - Colonialism in Africa
3 Apr 2016
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Followed by phoenician, greek, and roman colonization from europe. Islamisation: 7th century ad: arabs with new religion (islam) subdued n. africa from egypt to. Morocco, and north into spain, nearly wiping out christianity in the region. The sahara desert became the fault line between muslim arabs and black africa to the south. Portuguese ships rounded cape verde in 1445, and by 1480 the whole guinea coast was known to the portuguese. In 1482, diego cao reached the mouth of the congo (gold), the cape of good hope was rounded in 1488, and in 1498 vasco da gama, after having rounded the. Cape, sailed up the east coast, and went from there to india. English mariners went there as early as 1553, and they were followed by spaniards, dutch, The chief goods dealt in were slaves (overland trade), gold, ivory and spices: discovery and development of america: slave trade.
