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African Kingdoms before the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Coggle Diagram
African Kingdoms before the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Egypt
First of many great African civilizations
Over 2000 years old by the time the city of Rome was built
Astronomy
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Ghana
Ninth and tenth centuries
Traded gold, salt and copper
Controlled by one king/emperor
Had an army of 200,000+ men
Benin and Ife
Led by Yoruba people in the 11th and 12th centuries
Ife civilization goes back to 500bc
They were highly skilled in ivory carving, pottery, rope and gum production
Mali
13th to 15th century
West and North-East Africa
2000 km wide
Organised trading system
Trade: salt and copper