Segment 1

1. What was the economy of Mali based on according to this section and what remnants of this economy still exist?
2. Who are the people of the region according to this clip?
   

Segment 2

1. Describe the rise of the rise of the Kingdom of Ashanti (Asante) according to this clip. Include the approximated time of its founding and the natural resources which helped it rise.
2. What was the basis of Ashanti power according to the clip?
3. What is the importance of the River Niger in this clip?
4. How is fish preserved and who usually does it?
5. What was said by the ancient traveler Ibn Battuta of the social environment of Mali concerning general safety and the display of the royal court?

Segment 3

1. According to this segment, what role the 4 mentioned ancient empires play for Africa?
2. List the empires mentioned.
3. Give the date and significance of the map mentioned.
4. How does Davidson describe the rise of Timbuktu? What was done and taught there? What was the language of instruction?
5. What role did Islam play according to Davidson?
   

Segment 4

1. How long did the camel caravan take across the desert from Timbuktu to the North?
2. What is the name of the people that are continuing the desert trade in this segment?

Segment 5

1. How long have the Tuareg been navigating the desert?
2. What was the general eastern endpoint of their desert trek?
3. What is the relationship between the Berbers and the Moors?

1. Describe the expanse of trade in "old Cairo"
2. Describe the Fatimid era (use this clip and Shillington).
3. Describe the role that Africa played in the commercial development of Europe according to this segment.
4. What was the early attitude of Europe toward Africa?
   

Segment 7

1. Who did the East African trade? How and with whom did they trade (refer also to Shillington)?
2. What was the geographical range of the Swahili coast towns?
3. What is your impression of the Swahili houses that Davidson shows?
4. What method did archeologists use to uncover information about the Swahili towns?
   

Segment 8

1. Describe the relationship between the Swahili coast and the interior of southern-central Africa? Compare it to West African relations.
2. What was the name inner-African society culture that traded with the Swahili coast?
3. Describe how that society was politically organized.
4. What was attitude of the Europeans toward this inner-African society and the Africans in general?
   

Segment 9

1. What was the "last surprise" mentioned by Davidson and what made it so surprising?
2. Who documented information about this place and in what year?
3. What happened there in 1498?
4. What happened 7 years later? What is your opinion about the culture of the culprits?
5. What was the result for the Swahili coastal trading network?