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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Oyo Location | West of the Niger Delta |
| Oyo Ruler | alafin |
| Oyo Rise and Decline | Rise: 1650 Decline: 19th Century |
| Oyo Power | Based on calvary and control of slave trade |
| Where did oyo slaves work? | royal farms |
| Oyo admin. included? | chief judge, treasurer and head of shango ( belief system) |
| Council of chief sub-rulers mediated between who? (oyo) | alafin and chiefs |
| Oyo regional chiefs had what? | councils |
| What caused oyo decline? | lack of horses when enemy Hausa states controlled the north End of slave trade and supply of guns |
| Who were the Dahomey? | Kingdom of Fon people that became powerful after 1650 |
| When did they expand to the coast? | 18th C |
| What did they orignally try to stop | slaving |
| What caused them to start slaving? | War with Oyo compelled rulers to get guns by selling slaves |
| What did the Dahomey ruler have to help him? | advisory council |
| What could the Dahomey ruler do? | Could appoint and dismiss chiefs and gave authority to priests |
| Who inherited the dahomey throne? | the eldest son |
| Authority figures (dahomey) | tax collector, police chief, army commander |
| Dahomey kingdom had what boundaries? | capital area, six provinces |
| What did the dahomey women do? | supervised royal officials |
| What was the dahomey symbol of unity | a perforated calabash filled with water |
| Dahomey was most powerful when? | 1790-1850 |
| Dahomey produced what in plantations? | palm oil |
| Ashanti ruler | Ashantihene |
| Ashanti kingdom becomes powerful when and under who? | end of 17thC; Osei Tutu |
| Ashanti tradition | Golden Stool |
| Symbol of Ashanti | Golden Stool |
| Ashanti controlled what | Akan goldfields |
| Began trading with whom | Europeans |
| Kumasi | Ashanti capital and trade center |
| Ended when | 19thC |
| Ibos Government | Village government with council of elders (heads of family units) |
| Who could attend Ibos council meetings | adult males |
| What was the only way decisions could be solved? (ibos) | had to be unanimous |
| How were Ibos organizations organized? | by age-set |
| How were Ibos disputes judged? | by oracles or elders of another village |
| How was Ibos marriage handled? | wives sought from a neighboring lineage. This developed links across villages. |
| What was ibos polit. system? | decentralized |
| Why did Portuguese explore African coasts? | God, Gold, Glory |
| Why did they try to find a way to the East? | Why did they try to find a way to the East? |
| Europeans discovered what African Islands? | Canary Islands |
| Madeira (Portuguese) produced what after 1470s? | sugar |
| What Portuguese islands were less important economically? | Azores and Cape Verde Islands |
| Portuguese set up trading post where and when? | Elmina in 1482 |
| When did Vasco de Gama go to the Indian Ocean? | 1497 |
| Portugueses and Indean Ocean Trade declare what? | Monopoly |
| Needed what to trade? | Portuguese pass |
| Portuguese Impact caused what to happen to african trading cities? | several were destroyed |
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