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11455328Stateless societiesSocieties organized through kinship and lacking concentrated power0
11455329Maghribwestern north Africa1
11455330Almoravids/ AlmohadsPuritanical Islamic reform movements, strict, Muslim groups for Africa and Spain2
11455331EthiopiaChristian kingdom, resisted Islam, eastern Africa3
11455332LaibelaEthiopian ruler, built great rock churches4
11455333Sahelextensive grassland for south to north Africa5
11455334Sudanic statesstates trading to north Africa ( Islam comes to Africa because of trade)6
11455335MaliState between Senegal and Niger ( major trading river)7
11455336Mansaruler of Mali (king)8
11455337Mansa Kankan MusaKing who made a pilgrimage to Mecca, gave away gold9
11455338Sundiataking who unified the Mali Empire, ( Lion Prince)10
11455339TimbuktuNiger river port city of Mali11
11455340SonghaySuccessor state to Mali12
11455341Hausa statesStates of northern Nigeria13
11455342ZenjiPeople of EAST Africa14
11455343East Africa trading portscommerical centers mixing Arab and African cultures ( MOGADISHU, MOBASA)15
11455344Ibn Batuta( Muslim Marco Polo) Muslim traveler16
11455345Demographic Transitionslow to rapid population growth ( tracking people)17
11455346BeninNigerian city-state, known for bronze work18
11455347Kongo Kingdomlarge agricultural state on lower Congo river19
11455348ZimbabweCentral Africa royal stone courts20
11455349Great Zimbabwetown with massive stone buildings in sub-Saharan Africa21
11455350IslamizationThe spread of Islamic faith across Middle East, Asia, and Northern Africa22
11455351Bantu migrationGroup of people and assicated language which originated in Nigeria23
11455352IfriqiyaRoman term for Africa24
11455353JihadIslamic term for Holy War25
11455354Axumkingdom who traded with India and Mediterranean areas ( becomes Ethiopia)26
11455355GhanaTerritory in east African north of the Senegal and Niger rivers27
11455356MatrilinealKinship through the mother28
11455357ShariaCodified Islamic law29
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