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6078212557Factoriestrading stations with resident merchants established by the Portuguese and other Europeans0
6078212558El Minaimportant Portuguese factory on the coast of modern Ghana1
6078212559Nzinga Mvembaruler of the Kongo kingdom (1507-1543); converted to Christianity; his efforts to integrate Portuguese and African ways foundered because of the slave trade2
6078212560LuandaPortuguese settlement founded in the 1520s; became the core for the colony of Angola3
6078212561Royal African Companychartered in Britain in the 1660s to establish a monopoly over the African trade; supplied slaves to British New World colonies4
6078212562Indies piecea unit in the complex exchange system of the west African trade; based on the value of an adult male slave5
6078212563triangular tradecomplex commercial pattern linking Africa, the Americas, and Europe; slaves from Africa went to the New World; American agricultural products went to Europe; European goods went to Africa6
6078212564AsanteAkan state among the Akan people of Ghana and centered at Kumasi7
6078212565Osei Tutuimportant ruler who began centralization and expansion of Asante8
6078212566Asantehenetitle, created by Osei Tutu, of the civil and religious ruler Asante9
6078212567BeninAfrican kingdom in the Bight of Benin; at the height of its power when European arrived; famous for its bronze casting techniques10
6078212568DahomeyAfrican state among the Fon peoples; developed in the 17th century centered at Abomey; became a major slave trading through utilization of Western firearms11
6078212569LuoNilotic people who migrated from the Upper NIle regions to establish dynasties in the lake region of central Africa12
6078212570Usuman Dan FodioMuslim Fulani leader who launched a great religious movement among the Hausa13
6078212571Great Trekmovement inland during the 1830s of Dutch-ancestry settlers in South Africa seeking to escape their British colonial government14
6078212572Shakaruler among the Nguni peoples of southeast Africa during the early 19th century; developed military tactics that created the Zulu state15
6078212573Mfecanewars among Africans in southern Africa during the early 19th century; caused migrations and alterations in African political organizations16
6078212574Swazi and LesothoAfrican states formed by people reacting to the stresses of the Mfecane17
6078212575Middle Passageslave voyage form Africa to the Americas; a deadly and traumatic experience18
6078212576Saltwater slavesname given to slaves born in Africa; distinguished from American-born descendants, the creoles19
6078212577obeahAfrican religious practices in the British American islands20
6078212578candombleAfrican religious practices in Brazil among the Yoruba21
6078212579vodunAfrican religious practices among descendants in Haiti22
6078212580PalmaresAngolan-led, large runaway slave state in 17th-century Brazil23
6078212581Surinam Maroonsdescendants of 18th-century runaway slaves who found permanent refuge in the rainforests of Surinam and French Guiana24

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