Africa and the Making of the Early-Modern World

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This lesson covers African History during the Slave Trade as well as the changes that Africans went through in the new world. It examines the Triangle Trade as well as the influences of African-Americans on the formation of the New World and its economy. Don't forget to hit the Like and Subscribe videos to make sure you receive notifications about upcoming Literature, Grammar, Reading, Writing, and World History lessons from MrBrayman.Info. Below is the outline of the slides used in the lesson: Africa and the Making of the Early-Modern World The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade The Rise of African Slave Empires Africans in the New World Southern African Kingdoms White Colonization Early Slavery in West Africa Slavery was important in the Greek and Roman world, and some (not most) slaves came from Northeast Africa The Arab trade networks intensified slavery The Europeans hyper-intensified slavery The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Mortality [death rates] among Native Americans Native Americans' unwillingness to do slave work Demand for sugar, cotton, tobacco, and other luxury goods It is important to remember that to West Africans, an Ife is not a Hausa is not an Igbo Kings like Nzinga Mvemba of Congo recognized that alliances with Europeans, like the Portuguese, would give them power over their neighbors This led to the rise of Congo, Asante, and Dahomey as major empires at this time Slavery made these societies more militaristic and hierarchical—soldiers gained more power and rule Led to increased centralization of power Led to economic declines in some cases because slavery was so lucrative Slavery stifles innovation—Rome, Africa, the American South, the Caribbean Men tended to go west; women tended to go east—intensified polygamy in Africa Africans in the New World The vast majority of Africans were taken to the Caribbean and Brazil for work on sugar and other plantations Their lives were much more brutal and short The environment was much more harsh, and the work was much more harsh [not that N. America was Disneyland...] Africans in the New World Destruction of culture Planned, deliberate Unplanned, necessary New cultural mixes Voodoo and Santeria Ebonics(?) Music, dance, literature New Race? The legacy of rape The legacy of love Creative destruction African Labor and the World System Classical Economics, which is a product of this time period, tells us that wealth comes from the combination of two things: Natural Resources Human Labor Often, natural resources are free to those who control or own the land where those resources can be found The real driver of costs and profits is labor Consider the value of the labor inputs of Africans in the New World... East Africa and the Sudan European contact was primarily Portuguese Most of the impact of the outside world was from the older Arab, Indian, and Turkish peoples—less dramatic change Slavery was older, more stable, and well-developed Some slaves sent into the Middle East, sometimes even to China Most slaves kept in Africa to work on spice and clove plantations Nilotic and Arab Influence Nilotic peoples like the Luo moved down from Southern Egypt and the Northern Sudan and set up kingdoms among Bantu peoples who had previously been there Arab traders established kingdoms in coastal regions like Zanizbar Islam played an important role in East Africa in this period as Muslims tried to purify their culture from what they saw as native African influence The Rise of the Zulu The Zulu were members of older Bantu peoples living in South Central Africa These peoples tended to live in small tribes with little or no centralized power Shaka Zulu's reforms, like only allowing men to marry after military service turned the Zulu into a Spartan military society Shaka was also a brilliant strategist who united many tribes and moved south to build a larger empire White Settlement in Southern Africa White settlement began around the Cape of Good Hope by the Dutch and later by the English Later wars between the English and the Dutch and the English and the Zulu defined South Africa, and to a lesser degree, Zimbabwe, as a white enclave in Africa Looking Ahead Zulu and Boer Wars Industrialization and the abolition of slavery European colonization in Africa—West and East The Haitian Revolution African-American History Lesson Completed—Good Job Consider the role of man's desire for luxury goods in the context of African history and in your world today Consider how STEM imbalances (especially in military technology) affects the relationships between civilizations Connect this learning to your "Measure of a Man" DBQ—how much is a human life worth?