African+Kingdoms+Outline

**__THESIS__**: The African kingdoms of Kush, Ghana, and Mali, are significant in the ways of their culture, political systems, economics, and military. From the ways of their paintings, to the ways of their built military, they are definitely civilizations that stood out in the ancient world.

I. The African kingdoms had a very unique, artsy, and structured **__culture__**. A. The Ancient Africans had a **__religion__** that was very similar to the Egyptian’s mainly because they worshiped many of the same gods and goddesses. B. The Kushite **__arts__** were inspired by the Egyptians, but drastically African. C. Africans had also used Egypt’s **__architectural__** idea of building Pyramids. D. The Kush, Mali, and Ghana kingdoms had very different **__day to day lives.__**

II. In Africa, the **__political systems__** are both advanced and one of its kind. A. The **__rulers__** also known as kings in Africa take on a lot of responsibility. B. In the **__government__**, the priests were technically more powerful than the kings.

III. Kush, Ghana, and Mali were all highly affected by their **__economy.__** A. Almost all of the ancient African kingdoms were essentially **__trading__** civilizations. B. The economy had a huge impact on their **__daily life__**.

IV. The **__military__** in Africa played a big role in keeping the kingdoms alive. A. The **__armie__**s in the African kingdoms were well built and could withstand any intruders. B. Many **__significant battles__** took place in Africa and affected the people there. C. To win many of the battles for Kush, they used very simple but powerful **__weapons__**__.__

~Gina Murphy and Katie Lacy