Africa has been characterized as the Dark Continent, that it is, it is accused of being on the periphery of the ancient and medieval worlds' economies.
Using the Geography Power Point Download Geography Power Point and the Power Points on Historic Africa 4a The Ancients (Ancient Egypt, Carthage, Axum, & East African Indian Ocean Trade) Download Historic Africa 4a The Ancients (Ancient Egypt, Carthage, Axum, & East African Indian Ocean Trade), Discuss and PROVE that that Africa was Central to "GLOBAL TRADE" in the Eastern Hemisphere during the ANCIENT PERIOD which is 1500 BC through AD 300.
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THESIS STATEMENT: Africa was central to Global Trade during the Ancient Period 1500 BC through AD 300.
PROOF: Must include Date, Location, Activity, Global Trade includes Ideas and Products transmitted to Africa from the Eastern Hemisphere AND Ideas and Products transmitted From Africa to the Eastern Hemisphere showing HOW Africa was Central to Global Trade in the Eastern Hemisphere during the Ancient Period.
- TRADE POINT #1: from the interior to the East African Trading States and the Indian Ocean. (1500 BC) Indian Ocean Monsoon Winds Cycle PRODUCTS FROM Southeast Asia TO COASTAL EAST AFRICA AND
- TRADE POINT #2: These Products Traded from COASTAL EAST AFRICA into the INTERIOR of CENTRAL AFRICA that provide Forest Crops for Forest Peoples like the Kingdom of Kongo. SPREAD OF IDEAS/CULTURE FROM Southeast Asia (Borneo) TO Madagascar: Languages
- TRADE POINT #3: PRODUCTS traded among THE NILE RIVER VALLEY and the other three River Valley Civilizations (1000 BC)
4 TRADE POINT #4: Trade from North Africa into the Mediterranean Sea (peoples Berbers; CARTHAGE EMPIRE and Egypt) (800 BC EMPIRE OF CARTHAGE) SPREAD OF IDEAS/CULTURE by CARTHAGE: 22-Consonant Alphabet throughout the Mediterranean Sea Basin (HOW? WHY?)
4 TRADE POINT #5: Trade from the interior to the Red Sea which is traded North to the Mediterranean Sea and South to the Indian Ocean (100 BC Kingdom/Empire Axum ) HOW does Axum CONTROL the Trade on the Red Sea? SPREAD OF IDEAS/CULTURE TO AXUM: 900 BC spread of RELIGION TO Axum. AND AD 330 Spread of RELIGION TO Axum? (HOW? WHY?)
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