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| 47997536 | Sundiata | a leader whose exploits were the foundation of a great oral tradition. created unified state & basic rules for malinke society; , The founder of the Mali empire | 0 | |
| 47997537 | Mansa Musa | this Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west africa | 1 | |
| 47997538 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. (p. 373) | 2 | |
| 47997539 | Ali Ibn Muhammad | this slave headed the Zanj (Swahili slaves) revolt in 869. He is killed in 883 and the rebellion crushed. Revolt demonstrated slavery was very prominent. | 3 | |
| 47997540 | Griots | Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire | 4 | |
| 47997541 | Banana | increased supply of food available to Bantu, enrich their diets, and allowed them to expand more rapidly than before | 5 | |
| 47997542 | Kin based society | Governed Bantu people. Were literally family groups. The Men formed the council, and the chief was the most qualified leader of a village. Multiple villages formed districts which composed an empire. The Chiefs were a liason among other villages and allowed the formation of ethnic loyalities. | 6 | |
| 47997543 | chiefdom | Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires, chiefdoms were based on gift giving and commercial links. (p. 311) | 7 | |
| 47997544 | kingdom of kongo | Kingdom dominating small states along the Congo River that maintained effective, centralized government and a royal currency until the seventeenth century; , one of the most active areas of political development; most centralized of Bantu kingdoms | 8 | |
| 47997545 | camels | from Central Asia; revolutionized trade because their broad feet did not sink in the sand and their humps stored fat for food; they could also travel many days without water; camels were grouped together to form caravans | 9 | |
| 47997546 | Gao | an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States | 10 | |
| 47997547 | Kingdom of Ghana | first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (7th - 13th century). | 11 | |
| 47997548 | Koumbi saleh | -Capital of Ghana which had 15,000 people with buildings of stone and more than a dozen mosques. Supported by a large number of qadi and Muslim scholars. | 12 | |
| 47997549 | Mali Empire | Formed in 1240 when Sundiata took control of Ghana Empire. It controlled trade across Sahara, the South and the Niger River. | 13 | |
| 47997550 | Swahili | a Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast | 14 | |
| 47997551 | kilwa | one of many trading cities on the East African coast | 15 | |
| 47997552 | Zimbabwe | a country of southern Africa. Various Bantu peoples migrated into the area during the first millennium, displacing the earlier San inhabitants | 16 | |
| 47997553 | zanj revolt | revolts againsts Muslim authorities, Ali bin Muhammad organized 15,000 Zanj slaves into a force that captured Basra and established rebel state in the region | 17 | |
| 47997554 | diviness | a theologian, of or pertaining to god | 18 | |
| 47997555 | axum | trading center, and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia | 19 | |
| 47997556 | solomonic dynasty | A string of Ethiopian rulers who claimed descent from David in an attempt to add biblical authority to their rule. | 20 | |
| 47997557 | Kebra Negast | Fictional work literally meaning "Glory of Kings" traced the lineage of the Solomonic Dynasty to King David and Solomon. | 21 |
