HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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people learned to buildstructures to transport water.
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people began using animals tohelp harvest.
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people learned how to makeiron tools.
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people began fertilizing the soil.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nok culture was one of the earliest known societies of Western Africa. It existed in modern-day Nigeria from around 500 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. The Nok farmed crops and used iron tools.
Detailed explanation-2: -Iron played a central role in many societies of early Africa. It held both spiritual and material power. Physically, Africans used iron to create tools for agriculture, utensils for everyday life, and weapons for protection and conquest (Shillington, 2012, p.
Detailed explanation-3: -African Iron Age people used a bloomery process to smelt iron. They built a cylindrical clay furnace and used charcoal and a hand-operated bellows to reach the level of heating for smelting.
Detailed explanation-4: -They brought with them expertise in the mass production of iron weaponry when they invaded Egypt in 676 BCE. By 600 CE ironworking had spread to southern Africa, with the migration of the Bantu east and south. Between 1000 BCE and 500CE cattle and sheep domestication also spread, probably alongside the Bantu migration.