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Africans begin adapting to Christianity
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Kush are more prevalent in Eastern Africa, and are influenced mostly by Arab traders and merchants.
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Arabs begin to set up trading ports on the coast of eastern Africa, and trade for ivory, gold, and slaves; Swahili began to become more prevalent as the Arabs stayed along the coast
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Mali becomes a trading state in the 1200's; Timbuktu becomes the main trading center of the country
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Come by sea in the 1400's while travelling to the East; they stayed along the coast to stay out of the forest, as well as set up ports
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1500's- Portuguese build forts; trade for ivory, gold and silver when they meet traders on the coast
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Slave trade becomes more prevalent, over 10 millions are sent to the Americas; taken from Senegal and Angola
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Slave trade ends, Europe beginning it's Industrial Revolution, and desire natural resources; market society assimilates into cities around coast, Europeans seek gold, diamonds, copper, cobalt, peanuts, coffee, tea, rubber, and cocoa
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Europeans scrambling for colonies all over Africa, no thoughts or regard of human or physical geogrpahy and the consequences of colonization
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Libya gains independence, in 1969 Gafadi becomes the leader of the country
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Egypt gains independence from Britain in 1952
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Ghana wins independence, colonial period only lasts 100 years
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Algeria wins indpendence, actually has to fight for it
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Becomes legitimate trading state in the 800's, as they export slaves, gold, and cloth while importing salt; Islam became more prevalent through trade
