The African kingdoms are of great importance for humanity,
nothing more Africa itself is very important to us, as it is in Africa where
the first humans who then disperse throughout the world to become what it is
today.
One of the most important kingdoms and more commercial level
was axum which was a kingdom located on the shores of the Red Sea, it became
one of the richest and most influential trade in question, but also had many
religious influences as Christian missionaries, who spread Christianity and
then would emerge the first Christian king known in Africa, Axum is famous for
its obelisks which are one of its mayors constructions.
Great Zimbabwe is one of the cities that prospered by
sending internal trade goods, especially gold, copper and iron, along the
Limpopo and Save rivers to cities along the Indian Ocean coast. The wealth in
trade led to the emergence of a new elite who ruled Great Zimbabwe and the
kingdom around the 11th to 15th centuries CE. The people of Great Zimbabwe was
based not only in trade but also in animal husbandry and agriculture. Overtime,
the city and its kingdom was known for its architecture distinctive stone and
ceramics too.
Swahili is one of the shopping centers that became powerful
market for Arab and Indian traders and native populations declined from
previous African Bantu migrants. The mixture of Bantu languages with Arabic
language translated into Swahili, and the region is known as the Swahili coast.
Arab traders brought not only language and trade in goods but also to religion,
and by the ninth and tenth centuries CE, Islam had become the dominant faith in
the coastal city states. Overall, Arabs founded a dozen independent cities
along the Swahili coast. Among the most notable were Mogadishu, Malindi, Mombasa
and Kilwa. From the 13th to 15th centuries CE, these cities and others were
ruled by Shirazi dynasty.
Finally one of the great kingdoms was Mwenamutapa. The
Mutapa kingdom came to dominate the land between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers
and to control trade in the region. Ruled by kings called Mwene Mutapa, over
time, the kingdom came to be known by the same title. The Shona people who
formed the first kingdom began to gain power in the first century CE 14, and
ruled for three centuries. Legend attributes the increase Shona a prince of
Great Zimbabwe who came in search of salt resources. Later leaders benefited
not only the wealth of salt, but also copper, and extended its rule to the
Indian Ocean.
Then we can see how these realms are important
throughout history and how they all have in common the importance of trade,
besides the cultural influences which usually a kingdom is emerging as it falls
another, then these are the things we protect and we can not forget, they are
part of our origin.
By: Cristian Lacera Medrano
One of the most important kingdoms and more commercial level
was axum which was a kingdom located on the shores of the Red Sea, it became
one of the richest and most influential trade in question, but also had many
religious influences as Christian missionaries, who spread Christianity and
then would emerge the first Christian king known in Africa, Axum is famous for
its obelisks which are one of its mayors constructions.
Great Zimbabwe is one of the cities that prospered by
sending internal trade goods, especially gold, copper and iron, along the
Limpopo and Save rivers to cities along the Indian Ocean coast. The wealth in
trade led to the emergence of a new elite who ruled Great Zimbabwe and the
kingdom around the 11th to 15th centuries CE. The people of Great Zimbabwe was
based not only in trade but also in animal husbandry and agriculture. Overtime,
the city and its kingdom was known for its architecture distinctive stone and
ceramics too.Swahili is one of the shopping centers that became powerful
market for Arab and Indian traders and native populations declined from
previous African Bantu migrants. The mixture of Bantu languages with Arabic
language translated into Swahili, and the region is known as the Swahili coast.
Arab traders brought not only language and trade in goods but also to religion,
and by the ninth and tenth centuries CE, Islam had become the dominant faith in
the coastal city states. Overall, Arabs founded a dozen independent cities
along the Swahili coast. Among the most notable were Mogadishu, Malindi, Mombasa
and Kilwa. From the 13th to 15th centuries CE, these cities and others were
ruled by Shirazi dynasty.
Finally one of the great kingdoms was Mwenamutapa. The
Mutapa kingdom came to dominate the land between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers
and to control trade in the region. Ruled by kings called Mwene Mutapa, over
time, the kingdom came to be known by the same title. The Shona people who
formed the first kingdom began to gain power in the first century CE 14, and
ruled for three centuries. Legend attributes the increase Shona a prince of
Great Zimbabwe who came in search of salt resources. Later leaders benefited
not only the wealth of salt, but also copper, and extended its rule to the
Indian Ocean.