Map of Africa and Revised Map of Africa

The textbook company left out the details from the reading for a number of reasons. One reason is that the they assume that you would have already understood it from the reading excerpts in the book. Another reason is that it would be too costly for them to add more than the maps they they believe is necessary. The map would also look very messy and squished together if they tried to fit to much information on there and it would be unclear to read. The impact of the additions to me is new ideas and new areas of focuses. To have a key with the time periods of each kingdoms helps because it gives a drawn visual of where it was, and I believe that's the better way to learn it. I believe more detailed maps would be absorbed into my brain easier and would all around be a much better way to learn both the culture and geography features.