| Ethnic Identification |
Location |
Religion |
Time Period |
Significant Facts |
| Axum (Aksum) |
Ethiopia |
Christian |
300 - 700 |
carved churches out of rock |
| Moors |
Spain |
Islam |
740 - 1492 |
encouraged almost 800 years of learning until the fall of
Granada in 1492. |
| Igbo people |
|
|
Existed as a stateless society through Ninth & nineteenth
society |
Elders resolved conflict |
| Almoravids |
|
Islam |
state from the mid 1000 to mid 1100's |
Founded the city of Marrakech |
| Almohads |
|
Islam |
state from mid-1100's to mid 1200's |
Unified the Maghrib under one authority for the first time
in history |
| Ghana |
SE Mauritania |
|
empire from 700's to 1076 |
Armies with iron weapons became masters of the trade in
salt and gold |
| Mali |
Niger River |
Islam |
Empire from 1235 to 1400's |
Mansa (emporer) Musa's hajj made Mali's wealth famous |
| Songhai |
West African |
|
empire that flourished in the 1400's and 1500's |
Conquered Mali and gained control of the salt trade |
| Benin |
West African |
|
trading kingdom strong in the 1400's and 1500's |
Famous for bronze and brass works of art |
| Kilwa |
East African |
|
city-state flourished from 1200's to 1400's |
Grew wealthy from trade. |
| Great Zimbabwe |
southeastern Africa |
|
Capital of trade-based empire from 1200's-1400's |
City of a great stone castle abandoned |
| Mutapa Empire |
|
|
Founded in 1420 from a man from Great Zimbabwe |
Remained independent in spite of Portuguese attempts to
conquer |
