[HIST 2061] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (12 pages long)
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Sources: primary (time and space, document or object contemporary to the subject of study, secondary, document or object that analyzes or interprets primary sources. African geography: sahara desert, limited contact (mediterranean and asia, sahel, shore or coast, semi-desert, savannah, grassland from ethiopia (east) to the atlantic (west) Ce: the almoravid people lost ghana to the soninke people in 1087. Songhai using european mercenaries (b) morocco (1591) (c) gao (i) capital of songhai (ii) The middle passage: take away, slavery creates racism, racism does not create slavery, the culture of the atlantic slavery was shaped by the material circumstances (economics) of the discovery of the americas. Definition: triangle trade and forced migration, coined by english slavers for the middle stretch from africa to england, Africans were the main export: describes the largest forced migration in human history. North america and the caribbean: the death of the native american forced laborers created demand that led directly to the atlantic slave trade.