Study Materials – by Paul Brians
Lecture 27: Sub-Saharan Africa
Note: This study guide is presented here as a historical document only. Paul Brians is retired and his courses are no longer offered by WSU.
(Duiker 210-222)
Questions about Duiker: *What were the various relationships between Kush and Egypt? *What was the name of an ancient capital of Kush? *Where is Saba, and what relationship did it have with Axum? *What were the main exports and imports of Axum? *To what religion did the Axumite rulers convert in the fourth century CE? *What traditional African religious beliefs conflicted with Islam?
Lecture topics:
- Geography
- Barriers to travel, trade
- Neolithic Sudanic Cultures
- Changing climate in the Sarhara
- The Nok culture
- Zimbabwe
- Architectural achievements
- Traditional agriculture
- Ancient origins
- Techniques in dry areas
- Early Ethiopian Civilizations
- Kush
- Relations with Egypt
- Architecture
- Aksum
- Architecture
- Ethiopian Christianity
