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Africa Before American Slavery. The peoples of West Africa had rich and diverse histories and cultures centuries before Europeans arrived. Africans had kingdoms and city-states, each with its own language and culture.
9 paź 2019 · It was gold from the great empires of West Africa, such as Ghana, Mali and Songhay, which provided the means for the economic take off of Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries and aroused the interest of Europeans in western Africa.
The history of West Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the Iron Age in Africa, the period of major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and finally the post-independence era, in which the current nations were formed.
This map shows the locations of the major West African empires before 1492. Along the Mediterranean coast, Muslim states prevailed. By 1200 CE, under the leadership of Sundiata Keita, Mali had replaced Ghana as the leading state in West Africa.
Map of Main slave trade routes in Medieval Africa before the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, 2012. West and Central African elites and royalty from slaveholding societies even relied on their kinship group, ranging from family members to slaves, to secure and maintain their wealth and status.
West Africa before the Slave Trade. At the dawn of the era of transatlantic slavery, Africa was a vast and diverse land, the home of many ancient cultures and more than 800 languages.
Africa before European slavery. The peoples of West Africa had a rich and varied history and culture long before European slavers arrived. They had a wide variety of political arrangements including kingdoms, city-states and other organisations, each with their own languages and culture.
