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- The
Topic:
- Ancient
Africa
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- Easier - The
continent of Africa was the home of early
prehistoric man. Over the years, many different
people have lived there. Until recently, the
history of those cultures has been largely ignored
by modern civilization.
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- Harder - Africa
has been called the "birthplace of the human race."
The oldest evidence of human-like creatures and
people found anywhere in the world are the bones
and other fossils discovered at many sites in
eastern and southern Africa. From this evidence,
most scientists have concluded that the earliest
human beings lived about 2 million years ago in
eastern Africa. The crude stone tools made by these
people gave the Stone Age its name. In time, the
Stone Age culture spread to other
continents. The fertile
soils of the Nile Valley supported some of the
earliest and richest farming com
- Ancient
Africa (from a sixth grade project at William
Penn Charter School)
- http://www.penncharter.com/Student/africa/index.html
- Learn about the culture, daily life,
geography, government, and much more.
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- Ancient
Africa (Mr. Dowling's Electronic
Passport)
- http://www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html
- This huge site contains information and
links on different peoples and cultures in
ancient Africa, such as the Nok.
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- Ancient
Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (ThinkQuest
project)
- http://library.advanced.org/22845/
- This website is designed to teach about a
lesser known African civilization that existed
alongside the more famous Egyptian
civilization.
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- Nubia
- http://www.sis.gov.eg/nubia/html/nubia00.htm
- Nubia is the homeland of Africa's earliest
black culture with a history which can be traced
from 3100 B.C. onward through Nubian monuments
and artifacts, as well as written records from
Egypt and Rome.
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- Places
to Go in Ancient Egypt
- http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/ofarrell/journeyintoafrica/
- A Wequest for Middle School Humanities.
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- Civilizations
in Africa (Washington State University) by
Richard Hooker
- http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/CIVAFRCA.HTM
- Text-based website provides an overview of
the development of ancient civilizations in
Africa.
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- Rediscovery
of Ancient Nubia
- http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/NUBX92/NUBX92_brochure.html
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- Mathematicians
of the African Diaspora
- http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/ancients-african-math.html
- Most histories of mathematics ignore Africa
and give the impression that there was no
mathematics at all south of the Sahara. This
site is aimed at correcting that
misconception.
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- Other
Ancient African Societies
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html#Other
Ancient Africa Societies
- This index site links to historical sources
on the history of human societies in the
continent of Africa.
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'land of the bow'
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culture
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Nok
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Nubia
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cataract
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Ishango bone
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Ghana
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Mali
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Songhay
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caravan
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Great Zimbadwe
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Swahili
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Nile
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Kingdom of Kush
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Merotic alphabet
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tombs
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Benin
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Bornu
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stepped pyramid
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waterwheel
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gold
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ivory
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Kanuri
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Hausa
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ebony
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incense
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archaeology
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Kush
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Sahel
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Muslim
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Egypt
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Sahara
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Bantu
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camel
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Islam
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savanna
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- Created by
Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson, 6/01.
Updated 8/02.
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