African Kingdoms Research Paper

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Compare and Contrast African Kingdoms and The Industrial Revolution
The African Kingdoms of the Lozi and Zulu, people had rich and historic backgrounds, quite similar to the Industrial Revolution. These African Kingdoms, and the Industrial Revolution all had a well structured, civilization, and a similar outline, but eventually, had different outcomes. For example, all three civilizations shared the traits of having social classes, a centered religion, a written language, and a fairly stable economy, but lack similarities when it comes to monumental architecture, and the development of cities. These civilizations were able to be successful, due to their structure to uphold their society, in many different ways.
Sharing the same economic structure, the African tribes and the time period of the Industrial Revolution are all centered around capitalism. Due to the government not being in control of trade within its state or kingdom, a capitalist economy is formed. Therefore, natural resources can be used to create different goods and uphold specializations. Such as having an abundance of cotton later resulting in the textile mill. Both African kingdoms also perform similar situations. Zulu’s workers trade beadwork and complex sculptures and Lozi’s exchange grain, fish, and iron work. …show more content…

With this being exemplified by the African Kingdoms and the Industrial Revolution, their social classes are similar. As in history social classes are divided into rich and poor. As the Industrial Revolution was divided into a high class, middle class, and lower class. This also happened to the African Kingdoms such as Lozi was divided into royal, commoners, and slaves. Kingdom Zulu, social classes were divided into chiefs and slaves. As shown the similarities to one another, that led to their

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