Ap World History Research Paper

There are multiple examples of major changes in Africa that I could talk about for this exam. But being that I only need a few pages, I will focus on, for this exam, rise and end of the Malinke Empire and Songhay, the religious influences throughout Ethiopia, trading towns in the east of Africa, and most of the Iron Age societies. The examples of change will display how towns and kingdoms would come and go, the people settling there, or development of new productions and technology. I will then explain if the examples were of benefit or not to Africa’s continents for years to come. The Almoravids unification of the Saharan Berber opened new sources of gold trade, causing Ghana to lose its control over the trade. Ghana’s loss of domination of the trade causes the Malinke Empire to begin to rise.

The Zagwe dynasty was the main reason for Ethiopia’s Christian existence. The Zagwe kings replaced the traditional rulers with Christian military leaders, or royal family members. The rulers reopened the connects with the Holy Land of Palestine and the Jerusalem of the old Testament. Therefore, the Ethiopians began missionaries down the Nile and east of Jerusalem. About 1270, the Zagwe dynasty was over and the Solomonid dynasty was up and coming. What was different from lineage of rulership was the Solomonid kings claimed to have descended from the biblical King Solomon and Queen Sheba. The rise of the Solomonids ceased the traditional architectural buildings. The King and officials would live in tents going from district to district. This allowed the king to uphold his loyalty and ensure taxation. One tradition that stuck for about 3 centuries was when a new king was throne, all the royal officials were imprisoned in the mountain fortress of Gishen. The Solomonids hoped to make all of Ethiopia Christian, but the Muslim sultanates had conflict with