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African Civilizations ca. 9000-6700 BCE (Ehret)
African Civilizations, 9000-6700 B.C.E.
Map Creator:
Christopher Ehret
Source: Ehret, Christopher. 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 63.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the locations of African civilizations between 9000 and 6700 B.C.E. Despite the widespread nature of the group, Ehret has refrained from outlining the BaTwa (often known as "pygmies" in European languages) homeland, although it seems that their general location has remained relatively steady through to the modern age.
Source: Ehret, Christopher. 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 63.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the locations of African civilizations between 9000 and 6700 B.C.E. Despite the widespread nature of the group, Ehret has refrained from outlining the BaTwa (often known as "pygmies" in European languages) homeland, although it seems that their general location has remained relatively steady through to the modern age.
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African Ethnic Groups (Public Content)
Ethnic Groups of Africa
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Downloaded: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Downloaded: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
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Origin and Spread of Agriculture Associated with Language Families South of the Sahara and West of Ethiopia (Newman)
Origin and Spread of Agriculture Associated with with Language Families South of the Sahara and West of Ethiopia
Source:
Newman, James L. 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 56.
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
Since developments correspond with the distribution of the Late Stone Age aquatic tradition, Newman says we are able to assume that the early Nilosaharan agricultural communities were scattered in a bandlike pattern immediately south of the desert.
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Advancement of Food-Producing Economies Accompanying Khoikhoi and Bantu Migrations (Newman)
Bantu Colonization of the Interior Mosiac of Africa (Newman)
Bantu Origins and Dispersals (Newman)
Eastern and Southern Cushites Introduce Food-Producing Economies to the Interior Mosaic (Newman)
Influential Eastern Nilotic Migrations (Newman)
Linguistic Differentiation among Bantu Groups in Southern Africa ca. 1500 (Newman)
Ngoni, Kamba, Arab-Swahili, and Yao Movements, Migrations, and Trade Routes Within the Interior Mosiac (Newman)
Origin and Spread of Agriculture Associated with Language Families South of the Sahara and West of Ethiopia (Newman)
Southern Nilotic Speakers Seeking the Kenyan Highlands (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa 1200-1800 AD (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa 500-1000 AD (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa ca. 1000 BC (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa ca. 1800 AD (Newman)
Rising and Falling Empires in Western Sudan (Newman)
The Arab Advance (Newman)
The Migrations and Emirates of Fulbe (Newman)
The Spread of Cushitic and Omotic (Newman)
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
Since developments correspond with the distribution of the Late Stone Age aquatic tradition, Newman says we are able to assume that the early Nilosaharan agricultural communities were scattered in a bandlike pattern immediately south of the desert.
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Advancement of Food-Producing Economies Accompanying Khoikhoi and Bantu Migrations (Newman)
Bantu Colonization of the Interior Mosiac of Africa (Newman)
Bantu Origins and Dispersals (Newman)
Eastern and Southern Cushites Introduce Food-Producing Economies to the Interior Mosaic (Newman)
Influential Eastern Nilotic Migrations (Newman)
Linguistic Differentiation among Bantu Groups in Southern Africa ca. 1500 (Newman)
Ngoni, Kamba, Arab-Swahili, and Yao Movements, Migrations, and Trade Routes Within the Interior Mosiac (Newman)
Origin and Spread of Agriculture Associated with Language Families South of the Sahara and West of Ethiopia (Newman)
Southern Nilotic Speakers Seeking the Kenyan Highlands (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa 1200-1800 AD (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa 500-1000 AD (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa ca. 1000 BC (Newman)
Speakers in the Interlacustrine Region of Eastern Africa ca. 1800 AD (Newman)
Rising and Falling Empires in Western Sudan (Newman)
The Arab Advance (Newman)
The Migrations and Emirates of Fulbe (Newman)
The Spread of Cushitic and Omotic (Newman)
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Peoples, Cities and States in northern Africa ca. 1750-1775 (Ehret)
Peoples, states and cities in the northern half of Africa, ca. 1750-1775
Map Creator:
Christopher Ehret
Source: 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map outlines several of the important African kingdoms and empires, as well as groups of people, in northern Africa circa 1750-1770 (Ehret). During this time, European influence on the continent was widespread; trade and conquest were flourishing under the colonial powers. In the east, Ottoman Empire power was beginning to fail in Egypt, and many of the Arab groups that had once been under their rule broke away. Along the Atlantic coast, many of those involved with European trade prospered, especially Morocco.
Source: 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map outlines several of the important African kingdoms and empires, as well as groups of people, in northern Africa circa 1750-1770 (Ehret). During this time, European influence on the continent was widespread; trade and conquest were flourishing under the colonial powers. In the east, Ottoman Empire power was beginning to fail in Egypt, and many of the Arab groups that had once been under their rule broke away. Along the Atlantic coast, many of those involved with European trade prospered, especially Morocco.
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Peoples, Cities and States in northern Africa ca. 850-875 (Ehret)
Peoples, states and cities in the northern half of Africa, ca. 850-875
Map Creator:
Christopher Ehret
Source: The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. 2002. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the important groups and locations in northern Africa around 850-875. To name a few of the important events of this period, Islamic settlement and continued expansion under differing Caliphates influenced much of the north of the continent, even spreading into modern-day Spain and Portugal. At the edge of the African continent, the Abbasid Caliphate was deeply involved in several wars, including those against the Byzantine and Omayyad Empires.
Source: The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. 2002. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the important groups and locations in northern Africa around 850-875. To name a few of the important events of this period, Islamic settlement and continued expansion under differing Caliphates influenced much of the north of the continent, even spreading into modern-day Spain and Portugal. At the edge of the African continent, the Abbasid Caliphate was deeply involved in several wars, including those against the Byzantine and Omayyad Empires.
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