What new types of technology were developed by the peoples of Africa from 1000-500 B.C.E., and what effects did these developments have on their lives?
What will be an ideal response?
A. New technology in Africa
1. Africans developed hard-iron technology
a. use of fired clay suggests how Africans may have made the breakthrough in iron forging
b. magical uses of fire
1. how fire turns hard what is soft and helps make art out of mud
2. improvements in nutrition
a. farmers could grow grains as well as yams
3. new architecture
a. round dwellings with conical roofs replaced rectangular ones with ridged roofs
4. use of iron tools
a. helped farmers reach further inland
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