HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Meroitic Alphabet, Tropical Rainforest, Overgrazing
28 Apr 2019
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250 million people on the planet sparsely populated. Proximity to euroasia: africa was incorporated into the roman empire. Domesticated camel created a new way of life for the berber peoples. Governed by an all-powerful and sacred monarch usually conferred on women. Matrilineal descent power passed down through the mother"s line. Deforestation -wood needed for charcoal for iron smelting. Constant battles with nomads and other nubian states male authority and indian ocean. New nubian states emerged and coptic (egyptian) christianity emerged. For almost 1,000 years, nubia was a christian civilization even using greek as a liturgical language. After 1300 ce, arab immigration brought islam to the region. Language of the courts = geez, a script derived from south arabia. To the romans, axum was the third major empire within the world they knew, following their own and the persian empire. King ezana adopted the new religion about the same time as constantine in the re.
