HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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for celebrating religious ritesand using as weapons
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for decorating works of art andclearing land
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for farm tools and religious rites
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for clearing the land and usingas weapons
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which two uses of iron were the most significant for West Africans? Weapons and tools for clearing land. Why did West Africans live in different places after 500 BC? They had the tools to clear more land.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Geography and Trade Geography was a major factor in the development of West African societies. Settled communities grew south of the Sahara, where the land permitted farming. Geography also influenced trading patterns. Communities traded with one another for items they could not produce locally.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Iron Age was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, people across much of Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons from iron and steel.
Detailed explanation-5: -CHANGES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA DURING THE EARLY IRON AGE The Bantu people migrated from North-Central Africa and brought revolutionary iron tools such as hand axes, knives, fish hooks as well as spears which were more efficient.