Maps of Central Sudanic
African Agriculture ca. 3500 B.C.E. (Ehret)
African Agriculture Circa 3500 B.C.E.
Map Creator:
Christopher Ehret
Source: Ehret, Christopher. 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 87.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This illustrates Ehret's hypothesis regarding the state of agricultural development in Africa circa 3500 B.C.E. The main changes that Ehret points out occur within two particular groups, although all were expanding. As the Cushitic peoples spread west, they began absorbing many former Omotic groups into their societies. Further across the continent, the West African planting agricultural tradition continued spreading to the belt of western rainforest near the Atlantic coast.
Source: Ehret, Christopher. 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 87.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This illustrates Ehret's hypothesis regarding the state of agricultural development in Africa circa 3500 B.C.E. The main changes that Ehret points out occur within two particular groups, although all were expanding. As the Cushitic peoples spread west, they began absorbing many former Omotic groups into their societies. Further across the continent, the West African planting agricultural tradition continued spreading to the belt of western rainforest near the Atlantic coast.
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African Agriculture ca. 5500 BCE (Ehret)
African Agriculture ca. 5500 BCE
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 state and distribution of agricultural practices in Africa circa 5500 BCE. The Omotic culture was slowly being absorbed by expanding Cushitic agripastoralists, while Middle Eastern pastoralists were spreading through the Arabian peninsula to parts of Asia and Europe. The map African Agriculture ca. 3500 BCE further illustrates Ehret's historical hypothesis regarding the distribution of techniques and peoples in the northern half of the continent (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 state and distribution of agricultural practices in Africa circa 5500 BCE. The Omotic culture was slowly being absorbed by expanding Cushitic agripastoralists, while Middle Eastern pastoralists were spreading through the Arabian peninsula to parts of Asia and Europe. The map African Agriculture ca. 3500 BCE further illustrates Ehret's historical hypothesis regarding the distribution of techniques and peoples in the northern half of the continent (Ehret).
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African Civilizations ca. 9000-6700 B.C.E. (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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Nilo-Saharan Dispersal (Blench)
Nilo-Saharan Dispersal
Map Creator:
Roger Blench
Source: Blench, Roger. 2006. Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. Lanham: AltaMira Press
Map Description:
This maps illustrates the dispersal of Nilo-Saharan languages between 18.000 BP and 2.000 BP. With the gradual migration of groups, the language family split into many different languages and is now one of the four main groupings found in Africa today.
Source: Blench, Roger. 2006. Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. Lanham: AltaMira Press
Map Description:
This maps illustrates the dispersal of Nilo-Saharan languages between 18.000 BP and 2.000 BP. With the gradual migration of groups, the language family split into many different languages and is now one of the four main groupings found in Africa today.
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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.
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 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 Expansion (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 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 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 Expansion (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 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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