Transcript Africa’s Religion - Santee School District

Africa’s Religion
Chapter 3-2
Religion
• One creator- Monotheism- Common African
Belief
• Practices Varied
• All provided rules to live by
Islam in Africa
• Played an important roleAfrican customs remained
strong
• Ibn Battuata- a lawyer who
traveled all over Muslim
world- discovered not all
Africans practiced Islamprimarily traders- they did
study the Quran
• Two great West African
leaders were to busy putting
down rebellions and not
working on religion
Mali and Mansa Musa
• Allowed different religions but worked on making Islam
strong
• Built Mosques, libraries, brought Muslim scholars
• Made a trip to Makkah- thousands of people and slaves100 pack camels carrying gold
• Brought teachers, writers and Islam’s finest architects
• Mali is now on the MAP
Songhai
• Sunni Ali lost power to a
Muslim general- towns
people did not like a nonMuslim king
• Askia Muhammad (the
general) built the largest
empire in the west
• Local courts honored Muslim
Law
• Built 150 schools to teach the
Quran
• Built up Timbuktu as an
important cultural center
• Moroccan invaders with guns
shattered the empire in 1591
Islam’s Impact
built in Western Africa
Built in Eastern Africa
• Swahili- still exists
today
• Advances in schools
• Arabic language
became important
• Buildings and art
• Sultan- a Muslim
leader
Centralized Governments
• Kings settled disputes and
managed- they expect
obedience in return
• Central authority- King or
Queen- local rulers kept some
power but maintained loyalty
• Kingdoms could grow and
become richer
Ghana
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King had a council
Provinces with mini-kings
District chief
Clan leader
King held ultimate power- no
trade with out permission
• The value of gold would drop if
not for control
Mali
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Followed Ghana’s example
Supervisors for fishing
Supervisors for the forests
Supervisors for Money
Supervisors for farming
The founder of Mali put his
generals in charge of
provinces
• People accepted because of
protection from invaders
• Mansa Musa gave gold for
loyalty
• Nation Honor of the Trousers
for soldiers
The End