HUMA 1770 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bantu Expansion, Sub-Saharan Africa, Kingdom Of Aksum
26 May 2013
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Agriculture and trade: salt, wheat, oil. Religion = important force winding societies together. Migration = religion is its important impact. Development of cities = a yardstick of a civilization of commerce/interaction between people. Centre of civilization = where people meet and information are transferred. Transportation revolutions, as a way people increase their speed and things become more accessible to them. Societies shared characteristics = expansion of agriculture, developing complex societies, development of more sophisticated government, cultural achievements, intercultural contacts. Bantu-migration ** as a development of africa. Crossroad to pull these 3 continents together. Both a centre and a frontier of africa power (particularly the east ethiopia) Ptolemaic empire = greek ruled over egypt, until romans took over. Every subsequent king is also called ptolemy. Great library in the period before modern world. People who came through it were asked to give up their books, and exchange for unoffered ones.
