Technology (8000 B.C.E - 600 C.E.)
In Sub-Saharan Africa between 5,000 and 1,000 BC, artwork became more naturalistic and identifiable due to interactions between more cultures. The outlines are particularly precise and expressive, but the figures of elephants, deer, giraffes, and other wild animals still represent archetypes rather than particular individuals of the species. In this period concerning politics Sub-Saharan Africa had a pharaoh/queen (living incarnation of sun god), internal disorder, and multiple invasions around 900 B.C.E.They also started irrigation around that time.
They participated in trade with the Kush and Mesopotamian people. The agricultural villages were engaged in trade also. The social classes were patriarchal, but women managed households, own property, and could be regents of rulers, priestesses, and scribes. They could also divorce. Their writing system and inventions was of hieroglyphics, bronze tools, papyrus, 365 day calendar, medicine, math, astronomy, and iron.The main art and architecture they created was pyramids, and temples. Their geographic location was protected/secluded but not urban as Mesopotamia was. They were located on the Nile river.
They believed in polytheism and the afterlife which they brought to life by mummifying their dead.
This exhibition follows Sub-Sahara African style during this time period.
They participated in trade with the Kush and Mesopotamian people. The agricultural villages were engaged in trade also. The social classes were patriarchal, but women managed households, own property, and could be regents of rulers, priestesses, and scribes. They could also divorce. Their writing system and inventions was of hieroglyphics, bronze tools, papyrus, 365 day calendar, medicine, math, astronomy, and iron.The main art and architecture they created was pyramids, and temples. Their geographic location was protected/secluded but not urban as Mesopotamia was. They were located on the Nile river.
They believed in polytheism and the afterlife which they brought to life by mummifying their dead.
This exhibition follows Sub-Sahara African style during this time period.