GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sub-Saharan Africa, Cultural Assimilation, Lingua Franca

• School: Towson University
• Department: Geography and Environmental Planning
• Course: GEOG 102
• Professor: Tim Pruett

Document Summary

Rifts & rivers: no mountain backbone, great lakes and rift valleys, created by tectonic forces, steep-sided, linear valleys, unusual river courses. Natural environments: climatic regions distributed symmetrically about the equator, due to africa"s shape, dry continental climates exist, moving north or south from the congo basin, dry seasons grow longer. Chapter seven: congo river is the second river that pushes the most water out after the. The cradle of humankind: 7 million years from australopithecines to hominins to homo sapiens. Culture hearth: timbuktu in mali one of world"s leading crossroads, ancient ghana 9th through 12th centuries, kush near sudan and ethiopia lasted 23 centuries, late 15th century arrival of portuguese vasco de gama. Henry morton stanley: born in wales, served un us civil war, 1870-1890 explored interior of africa, later worked for king leopold ii, served in british parliament found livingstone, source of nile, and explored congo to atlantic.