The African kingdoms of Kush, Ghana, and Mali, were significant because of their culture, political systems, and military. From the way that they painted to the way they built their military, they are definitely civilizations that stood out in the ancient world.
At first the Kushites were nomadic cattle herders. They roamed in savanahs speaking Egyptian and herding Longhorns. Another African civilization is the Ghana. The Ghana is one of the most famous Ancient kingdom in Africa. It had the most prosperous economy. It traded with many countries including Egypt. Suddenly, other cities wanting the land that Ghana had taken over, had attacked. The Ghana army had fought them off long enough for them to leave but eventually Ghana had been weakened and broke into many small cities. One of which was Keita, it eventually grew strong to form the kingdom of Mali, another very famous civilization. Mali was well known for their gold. These are the three famous civilizations in ancient Africa that stood out to the world. |
Use the map tabove as a reference while you are reading the links on this page. The map shows the location of the three kingdoms of West Africa, as well as many other kingdoms & empires throughout African history.
The study of an ancient African kingdom is available as a project based unit...see your teacher for more information.
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