Social+Africa

By Sarah Goetz
 * __ The Social Stuff in Africa like a while ago __**

Social Pyramid King (elite) Merchants Peasants/Farmers/Fishers Slaves - Trades on Mediterranean - Arrival of Islam (7thc.)
 * West:**
 * Women were much higher than they were in other Muslim societies
 * BIG slave trade
 * Not born into slavery
 * Polygamy is really common
 * Trace lineage through mother
 * Sudanic states were built on trade
 * Contact with different cultures (how Islam spreads and stuff)
 * Communities provide basis to most peoples lifes
 * Start to be collected into larger kingdoms
 * Islam unifies and adapted to local customs
 * East:**
 * Blended cultures
 * Arab
 * African
 * S.E. Asia
 * North:**
 * Trading cities develop
 * Women are able to do stuff with it
 * Most of population converts
 * Theoretically everyone’s equal
 * Like in wealth and gender=not equal
 * Leads to reform movements aimed at getting to a pure islam


 * South/Central:**
 * Traditional society
 * Small
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif;">Kingship
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif;">families