dipity

Created by jessicajake on Dec 6, 2010

Last updated: 12/09/10 at 05:48 AM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Dec 6, 2010 10:26 AM

• African Independence
  1957 to 2010

  African nations win independence from european nations after many years of resistance. the new nations stuggle with the political and econmic legency of colonialism.

• Europeans Colonialism
  1880 to 1960

  Eight western european nations divide africa into colnies where by.

• Slave Trade
  1600 to 1880

  Europeans initiate trade of enslaved africans to the americans. arabs trade slaves in the east. some african societies also paricipate in the trade.

• Turkish Empire
  1500 to 1918

  Ottoman Turks conqur African states of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and egypt, consolidating the influnce of islam in north africa.

• Swahili Trading States
  1200 to 1500

  East Africa Swahili speaking states grew from trading with China ( silk, porcelan), India (spices, rice, cotton, cloth), and pearls, fabric).

• West Africa Trading Empity
  800 to 1600

  Great empires grew the by controling trans-Saharan trade of gold, salt, and other goods, Ghana maintained it's traditional religion while mail and Songhai were influnced by islam

• Rise of islam
  Jul 1, 650 to Jul 1, 1000

  The Muslim faith spreads from the Middle East to North, West, and East Africa, mixing with Arabic and Arifican cultures.

• Bantu migrations
  Jul 1, 500 to Dec 6, 2010

  Gradual migrations of bantu-speaking peoples spread ironworking technology throughout sub-Saharan Africa.