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Africa - Coggle Diagram
Africa
Nubia
Industry
produced blue-glazed quartz beads, made from clear quartz crystals.
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Art
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Successive Nubian cultures developed distinct cultural aesthetics and an impressive level of craftsmanship.
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Zimbabwe
Power
This kingdom ruled over a large chunk of modern day Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
the capital city of an indigenous empire that thrived in the region between the 13th and 15th centuries.
economy
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stood astride a trade route that connected the region’s gold fields with ports on the Indian Ocean coast.
population
it was home to an estimated 20,000 people.
Punt
economy
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rich in ebony, gold, myrrh and exotic animals such as apes and leopards.
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location
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The Arabian Peninsula and the Levant have both been proposed as potential candidates, but most believe it existed somewhere on the Red Sea coast of East Africa.
Kush
Power
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This ancient Nubian empire reached its peak in the second millennium B.C., when it ruled over a vast swath of territory along the Nile River in what is now Sudan.
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economy
it was an economic center that operated a lucrative market in ivory, incense, iron and especially gold.
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