600 B.C.E. - 1450 C.E.
For the Classical Era in Sub-Saharan Africa trade, with Islam was a unifying factor using trans-Saharan trade routes; Ghana traded gold, Mali traded gold, salt, honey, slaves, and ivory with Byzantine Empire.
Concerning the social classes merchants were valued in a patriarchal society where rich women were more restricted; The government had Islamic law, ‘People of the Book’ and religious tolerance with class centered around age groups
Science and math was very important.
Their art and architecture consisted of linguistics, architectural designed buildings, artistic version of Christianity; calligraphy, Mosques, and minarets.
Their empire had an Islamic urban center, Bantu Migrations, trade centers, Trans-Saharan trade route Islam and Christianity in Ethiopia and Egypt which was animistic.
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Concerning the social classes merchants were valued in a patriarchal society where rich women were more restricted; The government had Islamic law, ‘People of the Book’ and religious tolerance with class centered around age groups
Science and math was very important.
Their art and architecture consisted of linguistics, architectural designed buildings, artistic version of Christianity; calligraphy, Mosques, and minarets.
Their empire had an Islamic urban center, Bantu Migrations, trade centers, Trans-Saharan trade route Islam and Christianity in Ethiopia and Egypt which was animistic.
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