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1) What was the name of the empire mentioned in the beginning of the clip? BE ABLE TO LOCATE THIS ON A BLANK MAP! 2) Who were the racists that Davidson quoted (name and claim to fame)? 3) Why, according to Davidson, did European racist attitudes against Africans come into existence and what impact did it have on the relationship between the two groups of people? |
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4) How does this segment support Davidson’s argument that the racists were wrong? 5) Why did African migrate from the Sahara region and where did the
two largest populations go? |
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6) How long is the Nile and what direction does it flow? 7) Where did the people come from that populated the Egypt of the pharaohs and how many thousands of year did this Egypt exist? 8) Who was the professor interviewed in this segment and what point was he making? |
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9) How did the Greeks describe the Egyptians and where they came from? 10) Why did Davidson go up the Nile to Kush and what “surprise” did he find? 11) BE ABLE TO LOCATE KHARTUM ON A MAP! 12) Why did the Kush Nation decline according to Davidson and where did many of its population migrate to? |
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13) What does the sporting activity of the Nuba suggest to Davidson and why? 14) What other activity proves these points to Davidson? What role did women play in Meroe according to Davidson? 15) How does Davidson summarize the relationship between the interior
people of Africa and the great civilization of ancient Egypt? |
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16) Where does the Christian influence come from and
how far back do the Christian paintings found date to? 18) In what way are Africans equal to Europeans in Davidson’s closing comment? |
