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THE MOORS

The Moors were of Berber and Arab descent, as well as from Senegal and Northwestern Africa. They ruled Spain, Portugal, and parts of Europe from 711 AD to 1492 AD.

When the Moors came to Europe, the Europeans were filthy and had all kinds of diseases, and the Moors taught them to bathe.
Many Moors are found in European paintings. The Moors laid the foundation for the Renaissance period.

The Moors introduced many new crops, including oranges, lemons, peaches, figs, sugar cane, dates, ginger, and pomegranates, as well as saffron, cotton, silk, and rice.

Moors had the most modern cities in Europe. One was called Cordoba, with well-paved streets with sidewalks for the people and street lamps to light the streets 100s of years before these things were in Paris or London. There were 900 public baths.

They would go without bread before they would be without soap.
Great Mosques with 1000 columns were perfumed with jasper and other sweet-smelling oils.

The Moors brought education to Europe, where the kings could not write. Europe had only two universities at that time. The Moors had 17 great universities located in Cardoba, Granada, Jucier, Malaga, Seville, and Toledo.
The Moors established public libraries with 500,000 books. Europe did not have any public libraries.

The Moors introduced music, which led to the classical music we know today.

Rulers lived in Palaces, and the monarchies of Germany, France, and England lived in barns. The Moors brought the game of chess to Europe.

The Moors also brought polymath, astronomy, geography, meteorology, botany, cosmetics, the culinary arts, and fashion to Europe. A Moor named Ziryab started a trend when he started changing clothes according to weather and seasons. He suggested clothes for morning, afternoon, and evening and bathing in the morning and evening. He created deodorant and toothpaste. He made shaving fashionable and set haircut trends. Ziryab introduced salts and fragrant oils to improve hair conditions after washing.

The Moors divided meals into three courses, from soup to desserts. They introduced paper to Europe. Three-course meals were served on a leather tablecloth: soup, main course, and dessert. Before him, food was served on a platter or bare table. Ziryab introduced crystal as a container for drinks.

The Moors brought aqua ducts for plumbing.

Abu al-Qasim is considered the father of modern surgery. He developed a range of innovative surgical instruments and wrote a textbook that would be the cornerstone for the next 500 years.

The Moors attempted air flight in 875AD and were successful going up but not so successful coming down.

The Moors taught Europeans how to store grains for up to 100 years by building underground silos.

Another Resource -( When Black Men Ruled the World) 8 things the Moors brought to Europe.

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1. How many universities did the Moors establish? 

Answer: 17.

2. How many books were in all of the libraries combined? 

Answer: 500,000.

3. The Moors introduced ________, which led to classical _______.

Answer: a musical scale, Music

4. The Moors broke meals into how many courses?

Answer: 3

5. What game did the Moors bring to Europe? 

Answer: Chess

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THE MOORS

The Moors were of Berber and Arab descent, as well as from Senegal and Northwestern Africa. They ruled Spain, Portugal, and parts of Europe from 711 AD to 1492 AD.

When the Moors came to Europe, the Europeans were filthy and had all kinds of diseases, and the Moors taught them to bathe.

Many Moors are found in European paintings. The Moors laid the foundation for the Renaissance period.

The Moors introduced many new crops, including oranges, lemons, peaches, figs, sugar cane, dates, ginger, and pomegranates, as well as saffron, cotton, silk, and rice.

Moors had the most modern cities in Europe. One was called Cordoba, with well-paved streets with sidewalks for the people and street lamps to light the streets hundreds of years before these things were in Paris or London. There were 900 public baths. They would go without bread before they would be without soap.

Great Mosques with 1000 columns were perfumed with jasper and other sweet-smelling oils.

1. Name 5 Kings and Queens. Five altogether.

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Continue with us as we learn about more African Kings, Queens and Empires and explore the question, what can we learn from them to apply to our lives today.

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1. She told the men that if they did not fight, the women would fight to keep the golden stole of the Ashanti people from falling into the hands of the British. Who was she?

Answer: Yaa Asantawa

2. He was the King that who kept his people free but let the British run a railroad in his land.

Answer: King Khuma

3. He was related to Mekada, the Queen of Sheba Ethiopia, and kept the Italians from Colonizing his people.

Answer: King Menelik II of Ethiopia.

4. He united his people, and through diplomatic agreement, his kingdom became the protectorate of the British to keep the Dutch from taking his Kingdom.

Answer: Moshoeshoe of Basutoland.

5. He became enslaved at age 12, became free and prosperous, and became the king of Opobo.

Answer: King JaJa.

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Ja Ja: King of the Opobo 1821 – 1891
Ja Ja, a member of the Ibo people, was forced into slavery at the age of 12 and gained his freedom while still young. He became prosperous through trade, and became a chief of his people.
After a war, Ja Ja became King of the entire region.  In later years, the British  took over the region and exiled Ja Ja at the age of 70 to the West Indies and the greatest Ibo chief never saw his kingdom again.

Moshoeshoe – King of Basutoland (1815 -1868)
United the diverse groups in the region to create Basutland. Fought against the British and Boers, to keep them from taking their land. He used diplomacy to get the British to protect Basutoland
Therefore saving his land from further invasion.

YAA ASANTAWA   – ruler of the Ashanti’ people, fought the British to keep the GOLDEN STOOL for her people and commanded 5,000 men in the army.

Menelek II – King of Ethiopia – 1844 – 1914 – related to Makeda, Solomon and Jesus. made sure his Kingdom was not colonized by Italy or any other European kingdom.

Khuma – King of Bechuanaland – 1819 – 1923 – Christian king. Made sure that the English did not take over his kingdom or enslave his people.

Below is a video with most of Kings and Queens
we have reviewed. Just press on the link.
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1. He fought the British and improved the spear and shields for battle. Answer – SHAKA

2. She was a force warrior and commented and 20,000 men. Answer – AMINA of Zaira

3. He had a democratic government150 years before the United States. Answer – SHAMBA of Belongings

4. A golden stool fell on his knee to signify him as King. Answer – OSEI TUTU

5. Mother of a King. Answer – QUEEN NANDI

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QUEEN AMINA of ZARIA

Queen Amina was born 1533 in Zazzair, known as Zaria in northern Nigeria.

She learned to be Queen from the day she was born.

She was the first Queen of that era and ruled for over 34 years.

Her family was wealthy and traded in metals, kola nuts, cloth, salt and horses.

When her father died, her brother ruled and Amina trained hard to be a mighty warrior.

She earned the respect of the men in the military.

After her brother’s death, Amina became the first Queen of her people at the age of 26.

She led her first military campaigns a few months after becoming Queen.

She won every battle with 20,000 men under her command, and her people built a great wall around the kingdom.

Today in Nigeria, she is known as “Amina, as capable as a man.”

She represents the strength and spirit of womanhood.

SHAMBA BOLONGONGO AFRICAN KING OF PEACE – 1600 – 1620

At the age of 19 years old, SHAMBA was at the right age to take the throne.

He requested of the king and queen if he could travel before he took the throne.

The king and queen concerned about beast and other tribal nations stated, ” No.”

He continued to request to be able to travel and finally the king and queen consented.

He took a large entourage or group of people with him aids, servants and warriors. The tour took 2 years.

He absorbed all that he could to make himself knowledgeable to rule.

When he returned, his father had died and they made him king.

From the knowledge of his tour, he was able to teach his people how to make their clothes last longer, and how to plant cassava, which looks like a white potato, and was not eaten by locust.

He encouraged the art of embroidery and encourage arts and crafts.

He taught his people the game of mancala to help them not to gamble.

He abolished war, which he greatly hated, he restricted his people to carry a wooden knife with the moon did not shine, so no one would be accidentally hurt.

He named his people Bushongo, which was a named respected among neighboring tribes in pursuit of commerce.

If they were attacked, they would destroy property but not people.

He had a large organized government, which 14 women held official positions.

This nation in the Congo was on it’s way to global greatness if not for the invasion of Europeans.

He had a complex and extremely democratic form of government featuring a system of checks and balances.

The government was divided into sections such as military, administrative and judicial branches and all of the people were represented. There was even a concern for fathers with twins.

This democratic government existed 156 years before the United States. A great Empire.

OSEI TUTU – 1660 – 1717

Osei Tutu was the 1st king of the Ashanti people, a great kingdoms high is now known as Ghana.

He was able to get other chiefs to join his kingdom and he gave great leadership.

It is sad, that OSEI Tutu became King because a great golden stool came down from heaven and rested a upon his knee.

The golden stool became a sacred symbol of the nation’s soul, which was appropriate because gold was the source of Ashanti wealth.

Under OSEI TUTU, there was a yam festival which was celebrated by everyone.

A common enemy was defeated, and the Ashanti kingdom gained access to the coastal trade.

The kingdom tripled in size and had a mighty military.

The kingdom existed for 200 years.

Nandi – Queen of Zululand – 1778 – 1826  – Mother of Shaka – taught Shaka how to be a king.

Shaka- King of the Zulus -1818 – 1828 fought to keep the English from over taking kingdom. Designed Shield and spear that helped his warriors to be more successful in battles.

Idris Alooma- Sultan  – A devoted Moslem. When the Sultan went to Mecca he brought back Turkish firearms.  He commanded an army with Calvary with musketeers and armor. 

Study well.

Gwen Ebron, M.Ed

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2. Sundiata was known as the LION KING.
3. MANSA MUSA was the richest man who ever lived.
4. SUNNI ALI BER fought 7 years, 7 months to win the city of Jenne.
5. Affonso I was the king of the CONGO 
6. ASKIA MUHAMMAD TOURE was the ruler of Songhai. After Sunni Ali Bear.