Question

Based on what you have learned and the sources you analyzed, compare and contrast the cultures of Aksum, the Swahili Coast, and Great Zimbabwe in terms of their environmental, economic, religious, political, and social structures.
Write one to two paragraphs in your response.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

West Africa is the region of Africa that is south of the Sahara Desert and extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the West to the Benegal Trough in the East. West Africa is a diverse region that has a varied landscape of savanna, mountains, rain forest and desert. The region first entered the Iron Age in roughly 1200 BCE, probably learning the processes through its contact with Egypt at that time. West Africa actually maintained connections with the Mediterranean world, initially through trade with Carthage, then Rome, and later the Caliphate during this era.

This was the beginning of the Trans-Sahara Trade Network which would go on to become so vital to the region in later centuries. West African peoples traded cotton, ivory, metal goods and gold to the north in exchange for horses, textiles and other goods. These trade routes, as well as the appearance of iron tools that allowed for more productive farming, led to the development of the region's first City-States. City-States are independent cities that often control the agricultural land outside of their borders and govern themselves. These city-states, in turn, would help spur the development of the first states and empires in the area.