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    ReseaJasmine Morrisey Humanities 201.002 Fall 2012 November 30‚ 2012 Research Paper The Epics of Sundiata and the Odyssey An epic is a long narrative poem that recounts the doings of a legendary hero whose action determines the fate of people or a nation surrounding them. The epic of Sundiata recapitulates the story of the foundation of the Mali Empire. The epic is told by the griot‚ an African oral storyteller who is responsible for persevering and maintaining historical stories. The epic

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    Ancient Ghana GEOGRAPHY Despite its name‚ the old Empire of Ghana is not geographically‚ ethnically‚ or in any other way‚ related to modern Ghana. It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern Senegal and Southern Mauritania. Ancient Ghana in relation to modern west AfricaORIGINS Nobody is sure when Ghana came into being. But some time at the beginning of the first millennium AD‚ it is thought that a number of clans of

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    An Epic of Old Mali This book talks about the old king Sundiata‚ “the father of the bright country‚ of the savanna land.” This epic has come from the 13th century! It speaks of a lot during this time but the main focus is the ancient king of Mali‚ Sogolon Djata‚ known as Sundiata. Sundiata created the Mali Empire. It starts off telling the story of Sundiata’s father‚ Maghan Kon Fatta‚ the king of the city Niani. He was told‚ by a hunter‚ that he will produce a powerful ruler by marrying an ugly

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    Griot Kouyata Summary

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    past: A long time ago! That brief spell is interrupted in the 21st frame by Sitan’s calling of Mabo. That sets in train the gamut of the extra-diegetical flow of their morning routine as a family up to the time when Mabo comes back from school. The Sundiata story resumes in the very close up of the 50th frame of the pensive mood of the Griot Kouyaté narrating the episode of the antelope who wandered in search of water in the time of drought in the land of Wagadu

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    and also through the written history of the Arab historians. Comparing the different approaches and views of the Arab historians to the African traditionalist of Sundiata‚ we see there are many similarities and differences between the two. With respect to the political‚ economic‚ and social aspects of the kingdoms‚ the epic of Sundiata portrays the Mali kingdoms through a story of a rising young king in which many of the negative aspects of society are ignored. The Arab historians describe an overall

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    similar in it also began to rise during the fall of an earlier empire. During the fall of Ghana‚ Sumanguru took over what was left of Ghana and was very cruel to anyone who challenged him and killed anyone who did. Soon one of the Malinka princes‚ Sundiata‚ the “Lion King”‚ crushed Sumanguru’s forces and started the empire of Mali. The Aztecs rose to power in 1150 as the Toltec’s began to fall. The two empires had a lot in common in how they were run. Both were connected to other civilizations. Mali’s

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    Text Timeline Unit Iii

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    TEXT TIMELINE 300-1200 CE- Empire of Ghana 610 CE- Muhammad receives first revelations of what would become the Quaran 622 CE- Founding of Islam -Muhammad flees to Medina 730 CE- Printing invented in China 868 CE- First book printed in China 900 CE- Decline of Classical Maya 1066 CE- Norman conquest of England 1206 CE- Changgis Khan begins Mongol Conquest 1230-1600 CE- Mali emerged after the collapse of the Ghana Empire 1266 CE- Marco Polo goes to China 1279 CE- Mongol conquest of China

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    Peter Lin History 10 Dr. Milway 09/02/13 There is no single or authoritative version of epic Sundjata because as a oral history among the numerous of linguistic evidences which narrated by generation of royal historian is only known by the emperor of Mali and themselves. “… peoples in both regions had canonical beliefs and rules that‚ though not preserved in texts‚ were passed down orally from generation to generation.”(354) Like the text said back to 1000 AD‚ the genetic evidence and oral

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    Organized Week 9 Presentation Notes Lumumba Shabaka Perception of origin Swahili emphasized distinctivesness Swahili means “coasters” in Arabic Claiming Persian & Arab descent Uungwana (civilized) ways Swahili architecture emerged suddenly along with Muslim religion in 11 & 12 cent‚ supposedly no local archetypes Ustaaarabu (Arabness): used Arab script‚ Arab names‚ etc. 1980s: Neville Chittick & Mark Horton challenge this sudden rise; World System Linkage Egyptian‚ Arab‚

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    Michael Holland History of Africa to 1800 December 11‚ 2005 Dr. Mary Bivins The epic of Sunjata is an essential piece of African literature because it exemplifies the African structure and most tribal cultures as well. It most prominently illustrates the culture and order that are found within the tribes and also the amazing ability of the son of King Maghan and Sogolon; Sunjata‚ who was destined to be the greatest king ever in Mali. When Sunjata was born‚ a curse was placed on him by the

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