After this defeat the Morroccon’s first sacked the city of Gao and went on to raid the cities of Djenne and Timbuktu. This effectively brought an end to a unifed power and the Empire of Songhai and split into numerous separate and independent kingdoms. The Empire of Songhai had been one of the largest empires in the world controlling a vast geographical territory. However when the Kingdom of Morrocco attempted to mange the region they soon fell into problems and had to endure constant rebellions. As a consequence their victory was shortlived and by 1661 AD they withdrew from the region.
The Kingdom of Dendi
The Empire of Songhai established the Kingdom of Dendi in 1591 AD. The Kingdom of Dendi was established in the area of modern-day Niger near to the Niger River. The capital of the Kingdom of Dendi was Lulami and the Songhai people again resumed their gold trading activities. The Songhai people now controlling a much smaller territory continued with electing their line of kings named Askia as they had done in the
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They were originally motivated to travel across the seas in search of precious metals such as silver which were being heavily traded in Spain at the time as well as copper and tin, in addition gold jewellery of Egyptian origin has been found in the region. The Phoenicians also founded the city of Lixus in northern Morocco. The name Carthage originates from the Phoenician name of ‘Qart Hadasht’ which means New City, the population however remained largely Libyan. The mixture of African Berbers and Phoenicians eventually simply became known as Carthaginians. The state became a separate and independent kingdom from that of Phoenicia in Lebanon. By 600 BC conflicts had begun between the north African city state of Carthage and the European Empire of the Greeks who were also heavily involved in trade by
The exchange of goods and services in order to import grain led to the emergence and maintenance of a powerful naval fleet needed to guard the routes to grain producing districts. This indicates that the state had to invest more time and money to improve the strength and the authority of their navy than before the invention of trade. Several cities established their own fleets to secure the overseas trade, and when Greece was attacked by the Persian army in 480 B.C.E., several of these cities formed a coalition and defeated the Persians. This shows that trade provided the Greek society with a military fleet that did not merely secure their trading routes, but also protected their entire country. Sometimes, a Greek city state would establish a colony overseas in order to trade with other civilizations. The founding of colonies shows that the state of Greece was not able to focus solely on the domestic politics, but had to concentrate on the politics within a settlement on foreign ground as well. Around 700 B.C.E. a Greek settlement at Naucratis in Egypt developed itself as a proper city state, in which the inhabitants could worship their own Gods and live under the semiautonomous rule of their own Greek community. The expansion of the naval force and the creation of overseas colonies, which could eventually lead to the
The New Kingdom began after the Theban family princes expelled the last of several generations of foreign domination by the Hyksos. They were able to reunite the country and establish and able to establish their own dynasty. The pharaohs of the New Kingdom went on an imperialist course, leading the military campaigns and raids in the northeast to the south.
They believed in kingship, and it was an honor for a man by the gods. In contrast with other civilizations such as ancient Egypt, Mesopotamians consider a king to be a great man that was selected by the gods to represent them on earth and not divine. A king was expected to keep the gods informed of events in his land and could ask them for advice through the act of worship. This belief was reinforced through the wearing of the divine symbols of kingship, the rod and the ring.
At the start of this period in 300 C.E, Afro-Eurasian trade was not very sophisticated. There was some collaboration with cultures in the Mediterranean. European goods were brought to
After 650 b.c., they expanded into north-central Italy and came to control Rome and most of Latium. The Etruscans found Rome a village but launched a building program that turned it into a city. The Romans borrowed ideas from the Etruscans, such as Etruscan dress—the toga and short cloak. The Roman army also borrowed its organization from the Etruscans. After their conquest of Italy, the Romans found themselves face to face with a strong power in the Mediterranean—the state of Carthage. The Phoenicians had founded Carthage around 800 b.c. on the coast of North Africa. By the third century b.c., Carthage had an enormous trading empire in the western Mediterranean, including the coast of northern Africa, southern Spain, Sardinia, Corsica, and western Sicily. With its control of western Mediterranean trade, Carthage was the largest and richest state in the
the Chimor kingdom, which all political power went to the ruler’s successor, except for his
Carthage was founded around 813 BCE by the Phoenician Queen Elissa also known as Dido. Originally the city was called Kart-hadasht, but the Greeks called it Karchedon and then the Romans changed it to Carthago. The city started off as only a small port on the coast used for short stops, however over time Carthage became the most powerful city in the Mediterranean before the progression of Rome. After the fall of the Phoenician city of Tyre in 332 BCE, Carthage became the new center of Phoenician trade with a harbor made up of 220 docks in a semi-circle. The Carthaginians enslaved and demanded money from native africans in the area and grew the city in size. They also became very successful in trading. In less then one hundred years Carthage became the richest city in the Mediterranean.
Many years ago the kingdom was ruled by a king who was known as Carolus. The Kingdom experienced great prosperity under the king which was largely due to the large peace time that the nation experienced.
My investigation begins in Mesopotamia were two large states had formed around 2300 B.C. The Sumerian cities in the area were very wealthy and this wealth “attracted non-Sumerian conquerors from the north.” (“Empires
In 1235 the ascent of the new kingdom of Mali and Lord Sundiata 's rule started. This happened in the Clash of Kirina, which created Lord Sumanguru to end his rule and the fall of Ghana. Sundiata was the ruler of Mali. He didn 't battle again after the Skirmish of Kirina. Sundiata 's objective was to reestablish thriving to his kingdom. Mali turned into a beneficial cultivating district and economy depended on exchange. Salt and gold mines were enormous calculates the extension of exchange courses. The Niger Waterway turned into a bustling
As the founder of the dynasty Amenemhat I, may have shared power with Mentuhotep IV, so most kings of this dynasty assume kingship during the lives of their predecessors. This ensured that the transition of power from one king to his successor would be smooth. The kings of the 12th Dynasty also conquered and expanded their rule to northern Nubia and the Bedouins in the deserts to the east and west of the Nile Valley. Huge fortresses were built in Nubia and at the Eastern border, to protect trading routes from raiding Bedouins. The wealth and stability the 12th Dynasty has brought to the country is evidenced in the high
The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown marked the end of the American Revolution but the start of new ideas and a new nation. The American Revolution opened the doors to ingenuity, new traditions, and freedom. The Revolution had an impact on the world around them and in the United States years after it ended. Kingdom of Matthias by Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz explores the life of Elijah Pierson and Robert Mathews or Matthias. Elijah, Matthias and their clan were affected by the ideas that resulted from the revolution including freedom of religion, new social roles, and the Market Revolution although, their future was marked by how they reacted to the ideas they were presented.
Shortly, economic, political, and social cooperation between the Greeks and those around them became compulsory and similar. As shown in the Greek Colonization Map (chapter3) the procedure of Greek settlement became stronger on the coasts of Anatolia lastingly changing the cultural geography of the Mediterranean world and the swap of cultures from the Greek to others and vice versa, as a fast result of trade. The western shores of Anatolia held the Greek culture strongly for the following thousands of years. A large amount of Greeks settled in southern parts of Italy which the Romans called Magna Graecia “Greater Greece.” The hunt for bazaars, possessions, and trade paths indorsed more understanding between cultures. Trade involving long distance was significant for a new arising economy but also the pipeline for concepts, and technical growth. Egyptians admired Greek’s pottery and wool while, the Greek’s revered the Egyptians Canaanite glass, and amulets. As seen in Egypt And Its Neighbors Map (Chapter 2) this led to a greater mutual
House of the Vettii The House of the Vettii belonged to two freedmen, Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus, who amassed a fortune through a flourishing business. The House of the Vettii is not unusually large for the time or social standing of its owners, but it is obvious that the Vettii were affluent Pompeian citizens and the house compares to the other large, lavish houses found in Pompeii. (Mau, 1899: 315) Excavated in the late 19th century, the house is most notable for its remarkably well-preserved frescoes, beautiful garden and large triclinium. The rooms included in the house and the decoration in the various rooms reflect trends in Roman domestic architecture and art in
Babylonian civilization is considered as one of the most important civilizations in the ancient world. The Babylonians took and developed everything after the Sumerians civilization especially in the spiritual realm and in the field of building an integrated civilization. The earlier civilizations had big role in the Babylonians civilization period when Babylonians took all the cuneiform writing, mathematical and astronomical knowledge, in addition to that the method of building cities, dams and etc. they improved all of them. The development of knowledge continued by Babylonian where the Sumerians stop, and the Babylonian built an empire for themselves on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the southern part of Sumer (Iraq). "The first Amuriyahian family has ruled over Babylon in the period (1830- 1530 BC), when Babylon was a mini-states at the time." Then the greatest king of Babylonian Hammurabi appeared in the seventeenth century BC. He established a famous group of laws known by (Hammurabi code).Also he was the king who united this petty States and achieved an important architectural movement in the city of Babylon.