identify at least one kingdom or city-state that you visited from each region—East, Central, and South
Eastern Africa:
Meroe
Axum
Central Africa:
Bunyoro-Kitara
Southern Africa:
Great Zimbabwe
explain at least one important political, one social, and one economic feature you observed in each of the three places you visited
By 1000 CE in Central and Southern Africa there was a new fortified hilltop in the towns that had emerged among a cattle- that was herding people whose elites had began commanding stone constructions and that cattle had became a symbol of social hierarchy and they were also often used to negotiate marriages. And the wealth from the trade had helped an African nobility that emerge and establish a rule over powerful city/states …show more content…
The cities had prospered by sending interior trade goods and especially gold, copper and iron and also along the Limpopo and Save Rivers to cities along the Indian Coast. The wealth in the trade had led to the rise of a new elite that had ruled Great Zimbabwe and the surrounding kingdom from the 11th through the 15th centuries CE. And also the people of Great Zimbabwe relied not only on trades but also on cattle herding and agriculture. Later on the city and the kingdom had became known for its distinctive stone architecture and the pottery as well. And the region was declined in the late 15th century CE so this means that Great Zimbabwe itself was largely …show more content…
This descendants the migrant Bantu tribes like the Hutus made their home. And which much of it is known for the early kingdoms of which are Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda comes through oral tradition. And then theres the 14th and 15th centuries CE which the new migrants from the north also including the Tutsi and the Maasai had came to the region. So this made the newcomers primarily pastoralists, and/or cattle herders, and they also quickly had came to rule the other inhabitants of the region. So the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara had arose and came to control much of the region so this means smaller kingdoms which are like Buganda and Rwanda they had grew along its periphery. And the Bunyoro-Kitara had grew into an empire because of its control of the rich source of salt, and also the valuable trade items in Africa-Lake
Eastern Africa:
Meroe
Axum
Central Africa:
Bunyoro-Kitara
Southern Africa:
Great Zimbabwe
explain at least one important political, one social, and one economic feature you observed in each of the three places you visited
By 1000 CE in Central and Southern Africa there was a new fortified hilltop in the towns that had emerged among a cattle- that was herding people whose elites had began commanding stone constructions and that cattle had became a symbol of social hierarchy and they were also often used to negotiate marriages. And the wealth from the trade had helped an African nobility that emerge and establish a rule over powerful city/states …show more content…
The cities had prospered by sending interior trade goods and especially gold, copper and iron and also along the Limpopo and Save Rivers to cities along the Indian Coast. The wealth in the trade had led to the rise of a new elite that had ruled Great Zimbabwe and the surrounding kingdom from the 11th through the 15th centuries CE. And also the people of Great Zimbabwe relied not only on trades but also on cattle herding and agriculture. Later on the city and the kingdom had became known for its distinctive stone architecture and the pottery as well. And the region was declined in the late 15th century CE so this means that Great Zimbabwe itself was largely …show more content…
This descendants the migrant Bantu tribes like the Hutus made their home. And which much of it is known for the early kingdoms of which are Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda comes through oral tradition. And then theres the 14th and 15th centuries CE which the new migrants from the north also including the Tutsi and the Maasai had came to the region. So this made the newcomers primarily pastoralists, and/or cattle herders, and they also quickly had came to rule the other inhabitants of the region. So the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara had arose and came to control much of the region so this means smaller kingdoms which are like Buganda and Rwanda they had grew along its periphery. And the Bunyoro-Kitara had grew into an empire because of its control of the rich source of salt, and also the valuable trade items in Africa-Lake