The History Cat
The History Cat: Mansa Musa & the Kingdom of Mali
A description of the important gold and salt trade that went on in Northern Africa for hundreds of years. Goes on to detail the emergence of Timbuktu in Mali into a great center of Islamic scholarship and culture under Mansa Musa, who...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: What Is Currency? Lessons From Historic Africa
From the Smithsonian, this site offers lessons and resources on currency, its use (in the form of gold dust, salt, or metal objects) as an instrument of trade in historic Africa, and its requirements as an instrument of trade in the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1858
Map of Africa in 1858, prior to the extensive European colonization of the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows the European possessions of the Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange River Free State, and the...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Early Global Commodities
This unit examines globalization from its true origins rooted in China's desire for silver and in Spain's conquest of mines in America.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Presidency of Ronald Reagan
This site provides an extensive history of Reagan's administration including information on his presidential campaign, domestic policies, foreign policies, and domestic and international events of his presidency.
Curated OER
Smithsonian: What Is Currency? Lessons From Hist. Africa
From the Smithsonian, this site offers lessons and resources on currency, its use (in the form of gold dust, salt, or metal objects) as an instrument of trade in historic Africa, and its requirements as an instrument of trade in the...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Afar
The Afar occupy an area of Djibouti and northeastern Ethiopia, sometimes called the Afar Triangle. There is a long history of hostility between the Afar and the surrounding groups; the Afar are often considered fierce and warlike. The...