AFRICA
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
HOMEWORK CHECK
What was the main disagreement that the
Almohads had with the Almoravids?
They thought they
were a better race.
2. The Almoravids stole
their land.
3. They had moved
away from traditional
Islam.
4. They thought the
Almoravids were too
much like Christians.
1.
59%
36%
5%
0%
1
2
3
4
The part of North Africa that is today in the
countries of Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and
Algeria, is called…
1. The
Madrid
2. The Mediterranean
3. The Masjid
4. The Maghrib
96%
0%
1
4%
2
0%
3
4
According to the book, daily life for
the Efe is not governed by…
1. Formal
written laws
68%
2. The
laws of nature
32%
3. Morality
0%
4. Traditions
0%
of the tribe
The Cherokee are to the United States,
as the __________ are to the Congo.
1. The
Igbo
2. The Egyptians
3. The Almohads
4. The Efe
87%
4%
1
9%
0%
2
3
4
AFRICA
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
North and Central Africa
LEARNING GOAL AND RUBRIC
4. Discuss the main ideas about West
African societies and support them with
details.
3. Point out and discuss the main ideas
about West African societies.
2. With help, you are able to point out and
discuss the main ideas about West African
societies.
1. Even with help, no success.
MUSLIM STATES OF NORTH AFRICA
• The
Spread of Islam (632-750): sometimes with
armies and sometimes peacefully
• By 670, Muslims had spread to the Maghrib
(Coastal area on the Mediterranean Sea; today:
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Morocco).
• Newly converted Muslim rulers in north Africa
used Islamic Law (called what?).
• Some countries in north Africa still use Shari ’a
today.
• The Berbers were a north African ethnic group
that converted to Islam.
• They had two empires that sprung up, one right
after another in the Middle Ages.
MUSLIM STATES OF NORTH AFRICA
• The
Almoravids
• Berbers,
1000s
• Religiously
based
group, who ended up
taking over a large
part of Northwest
Africa and parts of
Spain (where they
were called the Moors)
MUSLIM STATES OF NORTH AFRICA
• The
Almohads
• Another
group of Muslim-based reformers, 1100s
• They
thought the Almoravids had gotten off
track. Overthrew the Almoravids
• They
took over most of the land of the
Almoravids and united most of the Maghrib of
north Africa for the
first time.
What is the name of the Islamic Law that
some Muslim governments use?
1. Sunni
0%
2. Patrilineal
0%
3. Berber
0%
4. Shari’a
100%
FASTEST RESPONDERS (IN SECONDS)
2.82
Austin Leach
4.77
5.2
5.71
6.01
Brean Mathis
Orlando Colon
Caitlyn Colvin
Jordan Ulee
The Almoravids took over part of which
European country?
1. Italy
9%
2. France
5%
3. Nigeria
9%
4. Spain
77%
FASTEST RESPONDERS (IN SECONDS)
3.53
Orlando Colon
3.72
3.85
4.09
4.8
Madison Fitzpatrick
Jonathan Weir
Bailey Lunt
Jeremy Burke
The Maghrib is the coastal region in
north Africa along which sea?
1. The Black Sea
0%
2. The
Aegean Sea
3. The
Mediterranean Sea
0%
100%
4. The
0%
Red Sea
FASTEST RESPONDERS (IN SECONDS)
1.29
Caitlyn Colvin
1.42
2
2.08
2.38
Darrius Davis
Carah Gedeon
Madison Fitzpatrick
Brean Mathis
LEARNING GOAL AND RUBRIC
4. Discuss the main ideas about West
African societies and support them with
details.
3. Point out and discuss the main ideas
about West African societies.
2. With help, you are able to point out and
discuss the main ideas about West African
societies.
1. Even with help, no success.
AFRICA
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
West African Empires
GHANA
• The
Sahara Desert
• Trade
difficult with horses
• Berbers
started using Camels
• The
Berbers traveled through
the territory of a chief (called
a Ghana)
• Ghana
became the name
for this whole area
• The
kings of Ghana began
taxing the traders traveling
through their land
TRADE: LIFELINE FOR GHANA
• Salt
and Gold were traded
• Gold
• Salt
mined in Ghana
needed by Ghana
• The
Berbers were traders
and also brought cloth,
weapons, etc.
• The
kings of Ghana became
rich from taxing all of the
trade
• Ghana
800 AD
was an empire by
AN EMPIRE OF TRADE
• Ghana’s
king controlled the
trade and was very rich
• He took over other chiefs
• He was religious, political,
and military leader
• Islam came into Ghana by
trade, not by war
• Only the rich and powerful
became Muslims and
learned to speak and read
Arabic
• In 1076, the Almoravids
conquered Ghana, hurting
the gold & salt trade.
Turn to the person next to you and answer these:
1. Why would the disruption of
trade destroy Ghana’s power?
2. Why do you think only the rich
and powerful converted to Islam in
Ghana?
Which North African ethnic group was
responsible for conquering Spain and bringing
Islam to West Africa?
1. The
0%
2. The
0%
3. The
Berbers
Magyars
Muslims
0%
4. The
0%
Igbo
MALI
• By
1235, Mali had become a
kingdom.
• It
grew wealthy on new
sources of gold as Ghana
slowly died to the west.
• Trade
started to come
through Mali, not Ghana.
• Sundiata
leader.
• Mansa
was Mali’s first great
= emperor
• Sundiata
had great military
and political power
MANSA MUSA OF MALI
• In
1255, Sundiata died
• The
next rulers were Muslims.
• Mansa
Musa reigned from
1312 to 1332.
• He
expanded the empire
and appointed governors
• Mansa
Musa’s Hajj (1324-5)
• He
built up Timbuktu
(mosques and universities)
• Many
scholars moved to Mali
• Ibn
Battuta
In Mali for 1 yr.
• Wrote about
Musa and the
fair and
peaceful society
•
What valuable trade good
made Mali so wealthy?
1. Cotton
0%
2. Ivory
0%
3. Silver
0%
4. Gold
0%
Turn to the person next to you and answer these:
1. What are some stereotypes about
Africa? How might the story of Mansa
Musa break stereotypes about Africa?
2. How did the environment affect
the empires of Ghana and Mali?