November 1, 2010
Sahel: The extensive grassland belt at the southern edge of
the Sahara; an exchange region between the forests to the
south and North Africa.
Sudanic States: States trading to North Africa and mixing
Islamic and indigenous ways.
Mali: State of the Malinke people centered between the
Senegal and Niger rivers.
Mansa: Title of the ruler of Mali.
1. Notes—8
2. Map of Africa
November 2, 2010
Timbuktu: Niger River port city of Mali; had a famous
Muslim university.
Songhay: Successor state to Mali; dominated middle
reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao.
Ibn Batuta: Muslim traveler who described African
societies and cultures.
Agenda
1. Notes
2. KBAT 8
3. Map of Africa
November 3, 2010
Almoravids: A puritanical Islamic reform movement
among the Berbers of northwest Africa; built an
empire reaching from the African savanna into Spain.
Almohads: A later puritanical Islamic movement…..
East African Trading ports: Urbanized commercial
centers mixing African and Arab cultures; including
Mogadishu, Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwa, Pate, Zanzibar.
Great Zimbabwe: With massive stone buildings and
walls, incorporates the greatest early buildings in
sub-Saharan Africa.
Agenda
1. KBAT 8
2. Document Analysis—Sundiata
3. PERSIAN
4. Quiz
October 28, 2009
Justinian: Sixth century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of
the empire, rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law.
Icons: Images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians.
Iconoclasm: The breaking of images; religious controversy of the eighth century;
Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed to suppress icon veneration.
Agenda
1. WB 8 and Quiz
2. Notes 9
3. Schism Assignment (homework)
November 8, 2010
Cyril and Methodius: Byzantine missionaries sent to
convert Eastern Europe and Balkans; responsible for
creation of Slavic written script called Cyrillic.
Kiev: Commercial city in Ukraine established by
Scandinavians in ninth century. Became the center for a
kingdom that flourished until the 12th C.
Vladimir I: Ruler of Kiev/ converted kingdom to Orthodox
Christianity.
Russian Orthodoxy. Russian form of Christianity brought
from Byzantine Empire.
Agenda
1. Notes 9-1
2. Schism
November 10, 2010
Orthodox Christian church: Eastern Church
which was created in 1053 after the schism
from the western Roman Church; its head is
the patriarch of Constantinople.
Boyers: Russian landholding aristocrats;
possessed less political power than their
western European counterparts.
Tartars: Mongols who conquered Russian
cities during the 13th C.; left Russian church
and aristocracy in tact.
Agenda
1. Notes 9-2 (Assignment 13)
2. Get in Chapter 9 Groups
3. Go Over KBAT—Oldest go over vocabulary
---Youngest go over Be Able
To’s
4.PERSIAN chart on Byzantine Empire
5. Quiz tomorrow