Post by jew85em on Apr 23, 2019 1:43:43 GMT -5
D'har Tichitt, first civilization of West Africa
By Akan Takruri
For a long time I have been wanting to deal into the Dhar Tichitt Civilization. One of the things that I have mentioned in the past is that researchers only mention the Nok culture as the first evidence of migration to West Africa. Note that there was West African activity going back to 13,000bc, with groups of Twa living in stilt houses around the coast, with Nilotes being nomadic cattle herders, and Berbers in small communities, Berbers even occupied the Canary Islands. The thing that changed all of that was the formation of the desert. It caused a lush large area, to literally turn into nothing but sand.
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Today this is one of the world's least-hospitable landscapes. Scientists have long been puzzled by discoveries of bones of water-loving animals like hippos and crocodiles in locations like modern-day Chad. This research suggests an answer: around 120,000 years ago the region was much wetter, with numerous rivers and oases.
Monsoon rain clouds use to occupy this area, when the Mandinka migrated to the area. The desert had already started to form by 5,000bc, then they planted themselves in the area by 4000bc, and had created the civilization somewhere between 4000bc-2300bc, with the largest date of occupation being 3800bc. So this should be noted as the oldest civilization, other than the one found in South Africa who scientist refuse to place a date on This was a large fully functional great civilization. It is one that should have more light shed on it in civilization mentions. The Mandinka were great builders of civilization and wealth. Later these same groups of West Africans were filthy rich off of salt production and Gold.
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The sandstone cliffs zone located along the eastern, northern, and western edge of the Hodh depression in south-central Mauritania were colonized by Neolithic agro-pastoral communities at the beginning of the second millennium BCE. They were not only growing finger millet, and rearing cattle and sheep/goats, but also hunting, fishing in the ponds and lakes, and collecting wild grains. They have left conspicuous evidence of the presence in the landscape, including impressive villages built with dry-stone maçonry technique, rock engravings and paintings, as well as stone tumuli and surface sites. Each of these component of the material record feature one aspect of the ongoing construction of the local cultural landscapes, aimed at “socializing” nature, building a “behavioral space”, and a “social mental map” at multiple spatial scales. Four such spatial scales, the domestic, community or village, sub-regional, and regional space, are discussed in this paper. The goal is to unwrap and understand the site-location strategies devised by these Neolithic agro-pastoralists and how their settlement systems evolved and changed in the long-term
To sum things up, this civilization was one of the first early civilizations. They were spread out away from trade, and only focused on living off of what the land provided and not trade. I think because since it was one of the early civilizations, and away from other civilizations to mimic them, they didn’t have the same social structure that will give them the label of a civilization. Instead they are labeled as a community. Which that still doesn’t make sense because they label the civilization in South Africa which is much older a civilization, so this is mostly due to racism, due to them having connections to African Americans. Also note that this could’ve been the most wealthiest civilization at the time, because cattle was considered wealth.
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It is thus possible to present a model of the general trends underlying the annual cycle of a Dhar Tichitt Neolithic population that lacked elaborate forms of water control. The large site 45 may be considered to represent a camp where people aggregated at the climax of the dry season in March/April, water resources having dried up at other camps, such as sites 1 and 46, which may have been occupied earlier in the dry season. With the onset of the rainy season in July, people would have returned to their respective upland settlements, where they could begin cultivation and enjoy relatively abundant resources. After the harvest in October/January, the cycle would begin again.
After the full formation of the desert in this area, the people moved on and created The Ghana Empire, Then The Mali Kingdom.
I will be covering more of the Mali Kingdom and the leadup to King Mansa Musa
By Akan Takruri
For a long time I have been wanting to deal into the Dhar Tichitt Civilization. One of the things that I have mentioned in the past is that researchers only mention the Nok culture as the first evidence of migration to West Africa. Note that there was West African activity going back to 13,000bc, with groups of Twa living in stilt houses around the coast, with Nilotes being nomadic cattle herders, and Berbers in small communities, Berbers even occupied the Canary Islands. The thing that changed all of that was the formation of the desert. It caused a lush large area, to literally turn into nothing but sand.
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Today this is one of the world's least-hospitable landscapes. Scientists have long been puzzled by discoveries of bones of water-loving animals like hippos and crocodiles in locations like modern-day Chad. This research suggests an answer: around 120,000 years ago the region was much wetter, with numerous rivers and oases.
Monsoon rain clouds use to occupy this area, when the Mandinka migrated to the area. The desert had already started to form by 5,000bc, then they planted themselves in the area by 4000bc, and had created the civilization somewhere between 4000bc-2300bc, with the largest date of occupation being 3800bc. So this should be noted as the oldest civilization, other than the one found in South Africa who scientist refuse to place a date on This was a large fully functional great civilization. It is one that should have more light shed on it in civilization mentions. The Mandinka were great builders of civilization and wealth. Later these same groups of West Africans were filthy rich off of salt production and Gold.
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The sandstone cliffs zone located along the eastern, northern, and western edge of the Hodh depression in south-central Mauritania were colonized by Neolithic agro-pastoral communities at the beginning of the second millennium BCE. They were not only growing finger millet, and rearing cattle and sheep/goats, but also hunting, fishing in the ponds and lakes, and collecting wild grains. They have left conspicuous evidence of the presence in the landscape, including impressive villages built with dry-stone maçonry technique, rock engravings and paintings, as well as stone tumuli and surface sites. Each of these component of the material record feature one aspect of the ongoing construction of the local cultural landscapes, aimed at “socializing” nature, building a “behavioral space”, and a “social mental map” at multiple spatial scales. Four such spatial scales, the domestic, community or village, sub-regional, and regional space, are discussed in this paper. The goal is to unwrap and understand the site-location strategies devised by these Neolithic agro-pastoralists and how their settlement systems evolved and changed in the long-term
To sum things up, this civilization was one of the first early civilizations. They were spread out away from trade, and only focused on living off of what the land provided and not trade. I think because since it was one of the early civilizations, and away from other civilizations to mimic them, they didn’t have the same social structure that will give them the label of a civilization. Instead they are labeled as a community. Which that still doesn’t make sense because they label the civilization in South Africa which is much older a civilization, so this is mostly due to racism, due to them having connections to African Americans. Also note that this could’ve been the most wealthiest civilization at the time, because cattle was considered wealth.
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It is thus possible to present a model of the general trends underlying the annual cycle of a Dhar Tichitt Neolithic population that lacked elaborate forms of water control. The large site 45 may be considered to represent a camp where people aggregated at the climax of the dry season in March/April, water resources having dried up at other camps, such as sites 1 and 46, which may have been occupied earlier in the dry season. With the onset of the rainy season in July, people would have returned to their respective upland settlements, where they could begin cultivation and enjoy relatively abundant resources. After the harvest in October/January, the cycle would begin again.
After the full formation of the desert in this area, the people moved on and created The Ghana Empire, Then The Mali Kingdom.
I will be covering more of the Mali Kingdom and the leadup to King Mansa Musa
