Diverse societies in Africa
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- Africa is the 2nd largest continent in the worldSahara is the largest desert in Northern AfricaSahel: area that the desert would take over more and more every year (located on southern edge of the Sahara desertSavannas: grassy plains
- Africa’s earliest people were nomadic hunter-gatherersLater began to domesticate and raise a variety of animals for foodGrowing food changed their lives they built permanent sheltersThis required more organization
- Keeping a HistoryOrganized into family groupsBelieved in one creator or god and also animism, a religion in which spirits play an important role in regulating daily lifeFew civilizations in Africa had a written languageOral storytelling was a way to share the history and literature of the culturesGriots, storytellers, kept this history alive, passing it from parent to child
- Djenne-DjenoWest Africa’s earliest known culture was that of the Nok.Lived in what is now NigeriaDjenne-Djeno: ancient Djenne, was uncovered by archaeologist and located on the Niger riverSome artifacts found that it is the oldest known city in Africa south of the Sahara
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