NSHS guides: Africa: 9th Grade World History Choice Project #1

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Aksum Empire

Topic Center: Aksum
Topic Center from Gale in Context: World History database. Reference articles, biographies, images, and more.
Kingdom of Aksum
An introductory article from the Gale in Context: World History database.
Aksum: Thriving Center of Trade
An article from the ABC-CLIO: Ancient and Medieval Eras database.
Aksum
An article from the Encyclopedia of Ancient Africa (Prehistory to 500 CE) in the Infobase: Ancient and Medieval History database

Swahili Coast/Indian Ocean Trade

Topic Center: Swahili Coast
Topic Center from Gale in Context: World History database. Reference articles, biographies, images, and more.
Indian Ocean Trade
An article from the Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450(Vol. 2. ) in the Gale in Context: World History database.
Swahili Coast
An article from the Encyclopedia of Medieval Africa (500 to 1500) from the Infobase: Ancient and Medieval History database.
Swahili City-States
An article from the ABC-CLIO World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras database.

Songhai Empire

Topic Center: Songhai Empire
Topic Center from Gale in Context: World History database. Reference articles, biographies, images, and more.
Songhai Empire
An overview article from the Encyclopedia of Medieval Africa (500 to 1500) in the Infobase Ancient and Medieval History database.
Askia Muhammad I
A biography from World Eras (Vol. 10: West African Kingdoms, 500-1590.) in the Gale eBooks database.
Songhai Empire
An article from the ABC-CLIO World History
Ancient and Medieval Eras database.

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