EARLY CIVILIZATIONS OF AFRICA

CLIMATE ZONES OF AFRICA

• Three types of climate zones:
• Desert- northern and southern part of Africa
• Savannah- between desert and rainforest
• Rainforest- center of continent

SAVANNAH

• Grassy plains
• Good for raising livestock
• Irregular periods of rainfall
• Between rainforest and desert

RAINFOREST

• Dense forest with biodiversity
• Found in tropical areas
• Consistently heavy rainfall
• Mainly in central Africa

SAHARA DESERT

• Largest desert in the world
• Northernmost part of Africa

DESERTIFICATION

• Semi-fertile land gradually became desert land
• Led to migration of Neolithic people in the area

BANTU MIGRATION

• The moving of Neolithic people to southern regions
• Migration patterns can be traced through language patterns
• Cultures merged where these people settled
• Bantu was the language that others were derived from.

CULTURAL DIFFUSION

• Bantu-Speakers spread their skills
• Cultures merged when people settled.
• Christianity and Islam eventually spread to Africa

NUBIA

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OUTSIDE FORCES

• Phoenicians thrive
• Carthage dominates trade
• Rome gained land in North Africa
• Rome made that land its own