Question

The expansion of these people gradually displaced the small-sized pygmy (“PIG-mee”) peoples. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ethnolinguistic group from Central Africa which spread over a vast area in a namesake “migration." The Swahili and Zulu languages derive from the widespread language family named for these sub-saharan people.
ANSWER: Bantu peoples [accept Bantu migration; prompt on Niger-Congo]
[10h] A subgroup of the Bantu named the Shona constructed this ancient city known for its stone enclosures made from granite blocks without the use of mortar.
ANSWER: Great Zimbabwe
[10e] The Great Zimbabwe was constructed during the late period of an age named for this durable metal which succeeded the Bronze Age. The Bantu were skilled in the working of this metal to make strong swords.
ANSWER: Iron Age
<History - Ancient History>

Back to bonuses