How did geography affect the transmission of culture and the development of states in sub-Saharan Africa?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Geography of sub-Saharan Africa
1. geography is often said to imprison sub-Saharan peoples
2. the Sahara and the Indian Ocean separate most of Africa from the ability to develop highways of cultural exchange
3. geography also separates African peoples from each other
a. communication difficult by sea
b. rivers hard to navigate and widely separated
c. dense forest impedes communications across the heart of the continent
4. flows of culture, such as the spread of farming and of Bantu languages took centuries longer than comparable transmissions in Eurasia
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