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African Civilization EXAM 1
Notes and terms for exam 1
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Undergraduate 2
02/27/2008

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Joseph De Gobineau
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Wrote the biologically racist essay "Essay on Inequality", French social Darwinist.
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African Plateuas

Definition
  • Ahaggar
  • Ennedi
  • Bihe
  • East African
  • Drakensburg
  • Jos
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Sahelian Region
Definition
  • Senegal
  • Mauritania
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Chad
  • Sudan
  • Eritrea
  • Burkina Faso
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Fanon
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Good guy who was against colonialization.
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William Bosman
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Published "A new and accurate description of the coast of guinea"
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Snowden
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Wrote the book "Black in antiquity"
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Lakes Of Africa
Definition
  • Chad
  • Tana
  • Turkana
  • Tanganyika
  • Malawi
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Countries that changed name after independence
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I.E. Gold Coast - Ghana
Upper Volta - Burkina Faso
Southern Rhodesia - Zimbobwe
Northern Rhhodia - Zambia
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Vegetational Zones
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A zone where only specific crops can be grown.
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Ecological Zones
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Transistional zones that rapidly change
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Rivers
Definition
Nile, Zmbezi, Cimpopo, Volta
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Three Deserts
Definition
Sahara, Kalahari, Namib
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Neolithic Age
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Contained the rise of Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Iron Production.
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Meroe
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First great iron producing city. It had Iron, Timber and Iron Smelting technique.
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Egypt
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Egypt had every fucking thing imaginable. Dynastics Power, copper, bronzing...
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The cradle of human kind
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Only continent where material evidence has been found for human evolution. The missing link was uncovered by Dart. Johnson found "Lucy" which is the oldest Homo Erectus specimen found.
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Lucy
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Bones found by Donal Johnson, dated to have been 3.5 million years old. First instance of homo erectus.
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Other "cradle" Africa
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