Essay about Africa Before European Arrival - Summary

People in the early kingdoms of Africa can establish a successful trade route between Europe and Asia from conquering the land to becoming very wealthy and building a strong central government It was. All these were done before the Europeans arrived in Africa. Regarding the establishment of trade with India and the Arab countries in particular, trade is growing rapidly on the coast of East Africa. The Kingdom of Africa is prosperous not only succeeded in trade but also succeeded in conquering the land. The structure of the government is the key to prospering every kingdom, people in Africa can achieve this goal.

As Africa joins the major trade center, trade will improve.

In Benin Kingdom caste was made from bronze in other parts of the world. "Now, this work is done using clay, wax, red metal (copper), soldiers (zinc) and lead, and fire.) Broke and was closed" (file 7). Techniques for making bronze castes are very popular in Benin and popularity is rapidly spreading in most parts of North Africa.

Even before the Europeans came to Africa, the kingdom of Africa was quite rich. As mentioned above, Ghana is a very powerful kingdom and its people are very rich. Their government seems to be very rich, and it helps Ghana manage gold and salt trade. The Arab scholar Al-Bakri wrote an article about the king's court, and basically everything in the court is gold (document 2). The view on this document is also positive. Because scholars are usually an upper class like the king's court. Al-Bakri makes great emphasis on the courtroom, explaining in detail how everyone owns gold coins and how the environment has money. Because Ghana has a powerful army and a wise political adviser, other countries are afraid of it. Countries around Ghana do not want to have problems, but usually only maintain peace with Ghana (Reference 3). Ghana is not the only successful kingdom, but Mansamusa, one of the leaders of Mari.

In Africa, the empire or the kingdom and its city have been successful before the Europeans arrive and take control. In the Kingdom of Aksum (Empire), they developed trade routes. In the kingdom of Ghana, they are characterized by a strong country today. In Timbuktu, they have great morals and have built the heart of Islamic art. There are many other things in Africa. In the African empire, they developed many things. In Axum (Axum) Empire (present Ethiopia), they developed a trade route from Asia to Africa and returned. People on the trade route pointed out to move along the Red Sea, document I. This has affected Axum Empire in many ways. They (Axum) got riches as it was a wonderful trading point, as it was introduced to religion, Christianity and Islam. Another empire is known as the Kingdom of Ghana in West Africa. They became one of the wealthiest civilizations for business reasons.

Africa has prospered before the arrival of the Europeans, due to trade among African civilizations, the important role people play in society, and the inequality of intolerance. Many cities, kingdoms, empires in Africa are rich in wealth, have been very successful and influential.

Before the Europeans reached the 15 th and 16 th centuries, Africans were developing advanced civilizations. Kingdom, empire and city have risen and declined since the Axum of East Africa (now Ethiopia) in the 300's. In West Africa, the three empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhai dominate the gold and salt industry. Between 1000 and 1500, cities in the east coast of Africa also acquired wealth and power through trade. Africa has several centers of advanced civilization with a population of 300 to 1400 people.