West+African+Slave+Coast

 Leaders, Elite  State Structure  War  Diplomacy  Courts, Laws      || Portuguese and other Europeans. West Africa was ruled along kinship clans with usually one elected leader. N/A N/A N/A ||  Type of System  Technology, Industry  Trade, Commerce  Capital/ Money  Types of Businesses || Trade; Atlantic slave trade. Ships; industry developed when the slaves were traded to work on sugar plantations in the Caribbean and other farming plantations in the Americas. Slaves were traded to contribute to the Atlantic triangle trade network between the Americas, Europe and Africa. Silver was the monetary unit of that time. Trade ||  Holy Books  Beliefs, Teachings  Conversion  Sin/ Salvation  Deities      || N/A Animism was popular in Africa. The Europeans used Christianity as a way of conversion for outsiders. N/A N/A God, Jesus, and various Animistic gods. ||  Family  Gender Relations  Social Class  Inequalities  Life Styles || Many slaves were separated from their families to be taken to the New World. Patriarchal dominance over women. Europeans were highest on the social strata, Africans were usually last. Hardships faced under terrible living. conditions, such as in the Caribbean Continuous work by slaves to harvest sugar on sugar plantations and other farming plantations. ||  Art, Music  Writing, Literature  Philosophy  Math & Science  Education || Brass figures and sculptures. N/A N/A N/A N/A ||  Location  Physical  Movement  Human/ Environment  Region || West Africa; kingdoms of Kongo, Oyo, Ghana, Benin and Dahomey. On the west coast of Africa near the Atlantic Ocean. N/A N/A Africa. ||
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