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6 Cards in this Set
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Commercial Revolution |
Rise of long distance trade and merchants. Ironworking- diffusion or independent invention? |
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Bantu expansion |
From 5500 to 0 Old view: Reached South Africa in 1600s, at the same time as Europeans didSpread through migrationBantus displaced Khoisan and PygmiesDepended on technological superiority with iron and farming New view: Reached South Africa by at least 100 CE, long before EuropeansSpread through migration and diffusion Bantus displaced or assimilated Khoisan and PygmiesFirst stages pre-dated iron Cattle spread downwards from horn of africa starting 9000 |
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Christian Jurgensen Thomsen |
Danish archaeologist, 1788-1865 Three Age system: Stone age - 2.5 mil years ago Bronze age - 3300 bc Iron age - 2200-1500 yrs ago |
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Iron smelting |
Origin: middle east 2500-1500 African smelting - 900-600 or even earlier |
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Trans Saharan Trade Route |
Last Wet Sahara Phase, 7000-3000 BCE
1500-500 BCE: Garamantes Berbers establish control over Trans-Saharan trade with Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans 200-300 CE: The Camel is introduced to the Sahara, volume of trade increases enormously |
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Bantu culture |
Round houses Cattle complex Iron working Agriculture |
