The textbook company omitted these details from the map in order to simplify the map. The map would be too cluttered if they were to include all of our additions. Perhaps the textbook company was trying to make Africa look more primitive, isolated, and presented as an importer only on purpose.
What is the impact of those omissions and your additions?
The impact of those omissions makes the reader believe that there are no existing city-states outside west Africa. Also, they make the size of city-states or land features unknown as well as not showing the existence of trade routes going out from Africa and what is being traded on those trade routes. The map also does not tell the reader about the religions in Africa. The additions add the city of city-states such as Zimbabwe, Kongo, and Axum. It also labels the major religion of the region and shows that not all of Africa is Islamic. It also shows the goods being traded in both directions.
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