HIST 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Islamic Fundamentalism, Iberian Peninsula, Polytheism
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Early african history: lack of writing = no written records prior to islamic and christian entrance into. Africa: largely seen through outsider"s eyes many varied societiesislamic persia and the. The bantu migrations: cohesion in diversity: bantu migrations began c. 500 b. c. e. spreading to eastern, central, southern. African traditional religion: africans largely practiced polytheism, w/ gods representing natural forces and. Chapter 13 places: animism, rituals to please gods performed by priests or kings, idea of creator god familiar to muslims. Early african culture: religious beliefs expressed through art, architecture, music, ceremonial buildings often built of stone, masks depicted spirits and gods, ceremonies to communicate w/ancestors" spirits. Islamic africa and spain: commercial and cultural networks. Islamic north africa: isolation between 476 and 639, w/coptic christians in egypt, berber tribes across. North africa: the arab invasion and extensive migrations brought mass conversions to islam, arabs repulsed in nubia, expanded west across north africa, began entering.
