.    EARLY AFRICA    .

200-1450

Eternal Africa

 The elephant is the largest land animal in the world

East African landscape

African village: after the Bantu migrations, villages became the traditional method of settled life south of the Sahara

Family and patriarchal family structures maintained themselves in Africa as well

Then and Now: A tribal chief from Sierra Leone and another from Nigeria (who lives in Oxford, England and is a soccer fan!)

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http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101sp09/kdim/

 http://www.pbs.org/wonders/fr_wn.htm

 Africa Geographical Map: http://www.usaraf.army.mil/MAP_INTERACTIVE/INTERACTIVE_MAP.swf

ETHIOPIA'S ANCIENT KINGDOM OF AXUM

Lalibela's rock-hewn church of St. George

The same church from afar- who would know?

At St. Mary's of Zion in Axum, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church claims to have the Ark of the Covenant

The place is here: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/ark-covenant-200712.html

Ancient stele are now a park in Axum, maintained by the UN, and a symbol of Ethiopia's ancient heritage

Ghana's capital city (no longer existing) of Kumbi Saleh

Ghana's chief today

The Dogon people living as they did in the postclasscial era

Mansa Musa in an European atlas- showing him with gold

Gold in Mali was in great supply- Mansa Musa showered it on people during his Hajj

Unique houses in the Mali-Ghana area

Hot air balloon view of Timbuktu

Serenity in the Sahara, Mali

The Djenne Mosque in the capital of the old Mali Empire

Working on refurbishing, 're-mudding' the Djenne Mosque

Tomb from the Songhay period (1400s) before its collapse

A bus in west Africa could just as easily mean a truck

The fall of Songhay meant a fragmented political order

 Site Design: David Tamm