| Term | Definition |
|---|
| preclassic period | 1500BC-300AD |
| classic period | 300-900AD |
| post classic period | 900-1521AD |
| olmecs | 1350-300BC |
| mayans | 300BC-900AD |
| toltecs | 800-1200AD |
| aztecs | 1168-1524AD |
| Sundiata | founder of the Mali empire |
| 800-700BC | african and egyptian presence in Olmec heartland (800-700BC) |
| Mandingo contact period | 1311 |
| early woodland period | 1000BC-0CE |
| middle woodland period | 0-500CE |
| late woodland period | 500-1000CE |
| early mississippi period | 1000-1200AD |
| middle mississippi period | 1200-1400AD |
| later mississippi period | 1400-1500AD |
| hamitic curse | story in the talmud son of ham, god cursed Canaan made him black, Mizraim wasn't cursed and became Egyptian |
| forgotten kings of kush | 25 dynasty kings last fight vs. invaders |
| ethiops | means burnt face |
| nomadic sea people | phoenicians |
| iron age | unlike the bronze age, egyptians were too far behind, lost position in ancient world |
| vera cruz | negroid head |
| la venta | negroid scrulptures facing the atlantic, step pyramid |
| Necho II | 609-593 hired pheonicians to circle africa, africans involved as well |
| piankhy and taharka | nostalgic religious architectural past of egypt, like step pyramid found in la venta |
| horus jars | canopic jars, internal organs with cardinal colors, reappear in color scheme of ancient mexico |
| dogs | mummification, burial, olmecs sculpt dogs with chariots |
| royal incest | only present in mexico, nubia, egypt |
| looms | same as those of ancient egypt, color purple dye huge industry |
| art | lost wax method |
| magic | voodoo dolls, sacrificing black animals, twins (connection with weather) |
| abubakari | king, papyrus boats, sailed to americas |
| kankan musa | abubakari's brother, muslim, wants to travel to mecca |
| columbus | according to letters, his crewmen were "blind" stupid knew nothing of langitude |
| Thor Heyerdahl | proved that the egyptian boats could make the trip. ra 1 and ra 2 |
| boats buried | with pharaohs |
| timbuktu | center of islamic learning, doctors, gold |
| quetzalcoatl | serpent feathered sun god toltecs. abubakari coincidentally arrived same time they had been expecting quetzalcoatl |
| secretary bird | African, can kill serpents |
| rainmaking | job of quetzalcoatl and priests and magicians in both here and egypt |
| anubis | dog headed egyptian god, in nubia present and olmecs make dog chariot sculptures |
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