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| 47731309 | Sundiata | the founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes | 0 | |
| 47731310 | 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 | |
| 47731311 | 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 | |
| 47731312 | Ali Ibn Muhammad | rebel slave that organized 15,000 Zanj slaves in 869 to revolt from Abbasid; Zanj Revolt was crushed in 883 | 3 | |
| 47731313 | Griots | Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire | 4 | |
| 47731314 | 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. | 5 | |
| 47731315 | 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) | 6 | |
| 47731316 | Kingdom of Kongo | was in the basin of the Congo river; conglomeration of several village alliances; it participated actively in trade networks; most centralized rule of the early Bantu kingdoms; cowries were currency; ruled 14th-17th century until undermined by Portuguese slave traders | 7 | |
| 47731317 | Gao | Prosperous capital city of the kingdom of Songhai | 8 | |
| 47731318 | Kingdom of Ghana | first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (7th - 13th century). | 9 | |
| 47731319 | Koumbi-Saleh | Ghana's capital on the edge of Saharan Desert | 10 | |
| 47731320 | Mali Empire | Formed in 1240 when Sundiata took control of Ghana Empire. It controlled trade across Sahara, the South and the Niger River. | 11 | |
| 47731321 | Swahili | a Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast | 12 | |
| 47731322 | Kilwa | one of many trading cities on the East African coast | 13 | |
| 47731323 | Zimbabwe | a country of southern Africa. Various Bantu peoples migrated into the area during the first millennium, displacing the earlier San inhabitants | 14 | |
| 47731324 | Age Grades | a social category based on age, through which individuals pass over the course of their lives. | 15 | |
| 47731325 | Zanj Revolt | led by Ali ibn-Muhamad; 15,000 slaves revolt for 14 years until it it ceased by Abbasids in 883 | 16 | |
| 47731326 | Diviners | individuals who by virtue of their innate abilities or extensive training had the power to mediate between humanity and supernatural beings | 17 | |
| 47731327 | Axum | a town of northern Ethiopia. From the first to the eighth century A.D. it was the capital of an empire that controlled much of northern Ethiopia | 18 | |
| 47731328 | Solomonic Dynasty | A string of Ethiopian rulers who claimed descent from David in an attempt to add biblical authority to their rule. | 19 | |
| 47731329 | Kebra Negast | (The Glory of Kings) - fictional work, tried to trace lineage from Ethiopia's Solomonic dynasty to the Israelite kings David and Solomon | 20 |
