Out of Africa...
Regions, Cultures and the Rise of Islam
Important Information
*World's 2nd largest continent
*3 X as large as Europe
*Languages: Arabic in Northern Africa, French, English, Portuguese and 100s of African Bantu languages
*Portuguese still the language of trade in many regions
*Impact of Geography: cultures and development very different because of singularity of the Sahara Desert and the equatorial rain forest
*Sub-Saharan Africa: remote; European views of Africa and Africans "mythological;" ex. boiling water at the equator, cyclops-like figures, seaweed that would swallow whole ships, etc.
Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16
The World: A Television History #15 Africa Before The Europeans
History of West Africa Overview (middle ages)
Crash Course West Africa - edited