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| 49858701 | Stateless Societies | African societies organized around kinship or other forms of obligation and lacking the concentration of political power and authority associated with states | 0 | |
| 49858702 | Ifriqiya | the Arabic name for eastern North Africa | 1 | |
| 49858703 | Maghrib | the Arabic name for western North Africa | 2 | |
| 49858704 | Almoravids | followers of the Great Puritanical Reformist Movement among the Islamic Berber tribes of northern Africa; reject Sufis; very violent (launch a series of jihads, or holy wars) | 3 | |
| 49858705 | Almohadis | followers of a reformist movement among the Islamic Berbers of northern Africa; followed the example of the Almoravids | 4 | |
| 49858706 | Sahel | extensive grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara; point of exchange between the forests to the south and northern Africa | 5 | |
| 49858707 | Sudanic States | kingdoms that developed during the height of Ghana's power in the region; often had a patriarch; rulers were considered sacred; territorial core area | 6 | |
| 49858708 | Mali | empire centered between the Senegal and Niger Rivers; creation of the Malinke peoples; built mosques; atteneded public prayer; supported preachers; economic basis of agriculture; active trade; Sundiata | 7 | |
| 49858709 | Juula | Malinke merchants; formed small partnerships to carry out trade throughout Mali Ampire; eventually spread throughout much of western Africa | 8 | |
| 49858710 | Sundiata | "the Lion Prince"; a member of the Keita Clan; created a unified state that became the Mali Empire | 9 | |
| 49859406 | Timbuktu | port city of Mali; located just off the flood plain on the Great Bend in the Niger River; contained a library and university; book trade became the most lucrative business | 10 | |
| 49859407 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated Middle reaches of Niger Valley; capital at Gao; reached imperial status under Sunni Ali | 11 | |
| 49859408 | Muhammad the Great | Islamic ruler of the mid-16th century; extended the boundaries of the Songhay Empire | 12 | |
| 49859409 | Sharia | Islamic Law; defined among other things the patrilineal nature of Islamic inheritance | 13 | |
| 49860803 | Zenj | the Arabic name for the East African coast | 14 | |
| 49860804 | Nok | culture featuring realistic and highly developed art style in forests of central Nigeria | 15 | |
| 49860805 | Yoruba States | city-states that developed in northern Nigeria; artistic style possibly related to earlier Nok culture; agricultural society supported by peasantry and dominated by ruling family and aristocracy | 16 | |
| 49860806 | Benin | important political and entity until the 19th century; Aba, ruler, lived in large royal compund; distinctive style of bronze casting | 17 | |
| 49860807 | Kongo | kingdom based on agriculture; formed on lower Kongo River; capital at Mbanza Kongo; ruled by hereditary monarchy | 18 | |
| 49860808 | Great Zimbabwe | featured royal courts made of stone; created centralized state; king took title "Mwene Mutapa" | 19 | |
| 49860809 | Mansa Musa | on his journey of the Hajj, spread wealth and knowledge of Mali throughout the Islamic world; from Mecca, brought back and incorporated many new ideas | 20 |
