As Swahili once said, “Wisdom is wealth.” The major trade routes of this time frame were mostly located right around Askum. Askum had a huge advantage on a lot of civilizations because they were perfectly placed on the Red Sea. Askum had reached their highest point at around 325 CE and 360 CE. Africa had a lot of already developed civilizations with a structured way of life.
Africa Before European Arrival DBQ Some of the earliest humans lived in Africa. Though time, Africans have developed their way of living and has established their own successes, such as city-states and empires. Even though there is only a little knowledge of the early civilizations in Africa, the achievements of the African empires, kingdoms, and cities before the arrival of the Europeans brought both East and West Africa to prosper, due to its geography, culture, and successful trade. Like all ancient civilizations that continued to develop, Africa has grown to survive and move forward. To begin, Africa is the second largest continent in the world.
Africa Before European Domination DBQ Before the 15th and 16th centuries, when the Europeans arrived, Africans developed several advanced civilizations. For instance during the early 300s, kingdoms, empires, and cities in East Africa arose and declined. More specifically, in West Africa, 3 empires: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai took control of the gold and salt trade. Cities on the east coast gained power and wealth through trade as well.
The nineteenth century was a period of industrialization and unifications of colonies. As the second industrial revolution had begun empires, colonies, cities, and even towns became stronger with the use of railroads, electricity, and the power of transportation. The offering and creating of new materials allowed an expansion of power in Europe, developing the "age of progress". Other countries surrounding the borders of France were incapable of making the same amount of "progress" and called for many downfalls. Such as Africa
From 1500 to 1750, there were changes and continuities on the ways Sub-Saharan Africa participated in interregional trade. The major turning point of Sub-Saharan Africa’s participation is the start the slave trade in West Africa. This event impacted the New World, Europe and SE Asia because Europe profited from the exploitation of Africans to the New World, Southeast Asia experienced a decline in population because of the start of the slave trade between Southern Africa and Indonesia, and the New World became more profitable as plantations where slaves worked grew. The overall continuity of Sub-Saharan Africa’s participation in trade is the European dominance in the region because of the Age of Exploration led by the Portuguese and Spanish.
Finally, Africa suffered from a loss of culture and no longer had trust in others. The Age of Exploration was a time when Europe was able to expand immensely across the world, implementing their culture while doing so. In doing so, European countries caused a very significant problem of creating tensions with other countries.
What was the driving force behind European Imperialism in Africa? Between 1500 and 1800 the Europeans knew little about the interior of Africa their presence was to buy and sell slaves for pots, cloth, and weapons and set sail to America. Late as 1870 ten percent of Africa was under Europeans control and most was along edges by 1914 ninety percent of Africa was in control four years later. Due to the countries that held African colonies in 1914 that involved the British, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spain, and Belgian. France and Britain were the main conquer in African colonies, because there conqueror of land in Africa.
Throughout time diverse regions have considered other societies to be barbaric, causing them to have the desire of “civilizing” them. Many individuals accept the rule of a higher and civilized region as they believe that their alterations will benefit them. Although, by enabling a higher power to acquire authority in another foreign nation, will diminish that regions culture and individuals will not truly possess respect, ultimately causing them to rebel against that foreign power after they comprehend their true nature. Likewise, after the Berlin Conference, which set certain rules for the partition of Africa, numerous European powers desired in colonizing Africa and obtaining control during the early 1800s, which was known as the Scramble
Between 300th century and 1400th century, the most powerful African kingdoms had achieved great goals, such as developing a trade system. The empires in Africa had a solid economy which was supported by their trade. Before the Europeans arrived, these empires had hierarchies and roles in society, which helped the trade system flourish. Some achievements Africa accomplished included trade, wealth, and a complex society.
During the second industrial revolution countries like Great Britain and even Belgium industrialized. This industrialization allowed for high [populations and with that the need for more goods. With this, Thomas Malthus introduced the survival ofthe fittest ideology in which the industrialized countries began the fight. Africa was the perfect place to industrialize because of the resources the European countries needed to be the fittest. The european acquisition of Africa from 1880 to 1914 was motivated by the indigenous peoples, the thirst for land, colonization, and the political viewpoint, all of which allowed for the european overtake of africa.
The effects of imperialism was quite chaotic in the beginning causing an up rise from Africa and the Middle East. At first both resisted but over time western ways was making it’s way into a part of the daily routine. The imperialism started with Africa and eventually moved into the Middle East, but when it started in Africa it was for the natural resources the country possessed at the time. The Middle East was different due to the ruler at the time, Muhammad Ali was the ruler of Egypt and wanted to modernize Egypt the way he wanted to. He is sometimes known as “Father of Modern Egypt” although when he died they was not a leader that was as strong as he was to hold up his empire.
Imperialism occurs when a country's power and influence is extended through diplomacy or military force over another country of less power. For North America imperialism first started to take notice during the 1400s, while in Africa the first distinct signs began in the mid-1700s. Both of these continents were affected by European influence. Therefore should they not have the same results as one another? Unfortunately, the answer to this question is no.
Africa before 1500 ce was a time where many events happened that changed the civilization of Africa forever. Africa invented trades, cultures, traditions, and so many other things that affected Africa in many ways. There is a huge timeline that explains all the events that happen in Africa, what year they happen, and why they happen in the first place. Africa along with other certain continents had major events happened before 1500 ce. Since I chose Africa I will be explaining what was Africa before 1500 ce.
We have all heard of EAST ASIAN MIRACLE where countries such as Singapore ,Taiwan. South korea etc managed to achieve high growth rate after a decade of independence. Not to be outdone countries in south asia such as india and china also turned around their economies to post high growth rates. Infact china became ‘factory of the world’ while india is known as ‘office of the world’. But in the midst of euphoria we seem to have forgotten Africa- a continent with abundant natural resources and diverse geography.
Civilization (or rather western civilization) has done its bit in making Africans forget where they come from. Its common sight today to see people prefer sandwiches and omelets to our local dishes. You're called barbaric fro dressing in a hunting regalia, armed with your bow and arrow, relegating the historical precedence and prestige that came with it. It's amazing that Africans and "Unafricanning" themselves and "Europeaning" themselves while the Europeans are "Africanning" and "Uneuropeaning" themselves. Africa is a land rich in culture and tradition.
