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Ancient and Medieval African Civilizations Worksheet HIS/356 Version 1 1 University of Phoenix Material Ancient and Medieval African Civilizations Worksheet Complete the worksheet using analysis from the map, readings and class discussions. You may expand the table as needed. Also answer the questions at the end of the worksheet. Each question response at the end of the table should be 200 to 350 words. Ancient and medieval African civilization or empire Explain the founding, consolidation, and growth Describe the government structure of the kingdom What were the chief trade items in and out? Explain the decline and collapse Egypt (Nile) Aksum (or Axum) Ghana Kush-Meroe Songhai (or Songhay) Mali Great Zimbabwe Kanem Benin 1. What was ancient and medieval life and culture like in Africa before the European and Arabic traders? 2. What enticed European and Arabic traders to the African continent? What interested them most? 3. Which European or Arabic traders had the most impact on ancient and medieval African civilizations and empires? Which traders had the least impact on the civilizations and empires? Why? .

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Kush-Meroe
Songhai (or Songhay)
Mali
Great Zimbabwe
Kanem
Benin

1. What was ancient and medieval life and culture like in Africa
before the European and Arabic traders?
2. What enticed European and Arabic traders to the African
continent? What interested them most?
3. Which European or Arabic traders had the most impact on
ancient and medieval African civilizations and empires? Which
traders had the least impact on the civilizations and empires?
Why?

The document is a worksheet for a class on ancient and medieval African civilizations that includes a table to fill out with information about major empires like Egypt, Aksum, Ghana, Kush-Meroe, Songhai, Mali, Great Zimbabwe, Kanem, and Benin. It asks students to describe the founding, government structure, trade, and decline of each empire. It also includes short answer questions asking about life and culture in Africa before traders, what enticed traders to Africa and interested them most, and which traders had the most and least impact and why.

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