'Africa - Document Based Question (DBQ)'

'Africa had several(prenominal) accomplished conglomerates, soils, and cities originally the arrival of the Europeans. These civilizations consisted of the kingdom of Aksum during the 300s, the imperium fortunate coast that lasted from 700 to 1100, the empire Mali that lasted from circa 1230 to 1600, and the empire of Songhai that lasted from circa 1588 to 1591. These kingdoms/empires contributed to a salient deal of Africas success. Africans developed advance civilizations beforehand the Europeans arrived in terms of slyness, society, governments, and art. \nAfricas interchange was a key comp whiznt as to wherefore it was so accomplished before Europeans, for cardinal reasons: international trade and the gold- flavour trade. International trade was very main(prenominal) because of the location of round of the civilizations. record one reveals how the kingdom of Aksums location make it a sincerely popular trading center. Aksum was located among the Red ocean and the Indian naval; making it a prime spatial relation for sea ports and harbors as headspring as a hub for locomote routes to Egypt. Next, both documents twain and three present how the empire of gold coast influenced and affected the gold-salt trade. catalogue two states how gold coast rose in power and gained correspond of the trans-Sahara gold and salt trade and how their wealthiness from it was very evident. archive three states aver how when Arab traders wanted gold they had to pass finished gold coast and since Ghana controlled the land, this was an easy regain to trade for them. Lastly, Document eight overly tells of the land sea trade routes in East Africa. \nAfricas social aspects excessively played an grievous role on their success before the Europeans. Document fiver shows how the people of the empire of Songhai, specifically the city of Timbuktu, had very value careers. In Timbuktu at that place were many doctors, judges, priests, and versed men who w ere well maintained at the kings cost. Document six tells how the empire of Mali was a safe and make prisoner place. The...'