Lesson 1487 of 1524
States and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s ancient migrations diffused technological and cultural innovations that helped establish settlements later enriched by the spread of new belief systems.
Practice this chapterAfrica’s ancient migrations diffused technological and cultural innovations that helped establish settlements later enriched by the spread of new belief systems. Beginning with both Judaism and Christianity in the early centuries of the Common Era and continuing with the long tradition of Islam, monotheism had taken root throughout much of North Africa by the end of the eighth…
By the medieval period, the nature of religious belief throughout much of the continent had been utterly transformed. Islam in particular made great advances in the Sudanic region of West Africa and along the Swahili coast.
Donatist controversy — the Christian schism in North Africa springing from the belief that church leaders who had renounced their faith to avoid persecution held no authority to perform sacraments. drystone — a construction method that uses interlocking stones rather than mortar.
Be able to analyze the relationship between the physical geography of Africa and the migration of peoples like the Bantu; discuss how Christianity and Islam arrived and spread throughout western Africa; discuss the uniqueness of West Africa n civilization in the premodern world.
Worked example
What does “Donatist controversy” mean in States and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for Donatist controversy.
- 2The book says: the Christian schism in North Africa springing from the belief that church leaders who had renounced their faith to avoid persecution held no authority to perform sacraments.
- 3Do not use the meaning of drystone. That term means a construction method that uses interlocking stones rather than mortar.
Result: the Christian schism in North Africa springing from the belief that church leaders who had renounced their faith to avoid persecution held no authority to perform sacraments
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for Donatist controversy.
Do not swap Donatist controversy and drystone. Donatist controversy means the Christian schism in North Africa springing from the belief that church leaders who had renounced their faith to avoid persecution held no authority to perform sacraments. drystone means a construction method that uses interlocking stones rather than mortar.
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