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| 11556059618 | Ibn Battuta | (1304-1369) Morrocan 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. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period. |  | 0 |
| 11556073106 | Bantu Migration | The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 1000 |  | 1 |
| 11556079437 | Malaria | A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood. Importance: was spread by the Bantu migration |  | 2 |
| 11556084171 | Ancestor Veneration | Veneration of the dead or ancestor reverence is based on the beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living, the worship of deceased ancestors. Importance: common in africa especially pre-islam |  | 3 |
| 11556088609 | Kin-based network | relation or network between two or more people that is based on common ancestry (descent) or marriage (affinity). importance: first way of government/social class in africa |  | 4 |
| 11556092076 | Trans-Saharan Trade | route across the sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels played a huge role in the trading |  | 5 |
| 11556096109 | Camels | Pack animals that made cross-Sahara caravans possible |  | 6 |
| 11556100403 | Indian Ocean Trade | world's richest maritime trading network that was essential for the prosperity of East Africa |  | 7 |
| 11556103689 | Swahili city-states | dominated trade along the east African coast |  | 8 |
| 11556106620 | Ghana | First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast. gold and salt trade. |  | 9 |
| 11556109477 | Mali | Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade. |  | 10 |
| 11556109478 | Timbuktu | City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. importance; As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning. |  | 11 |
| 11556114915 | Zimbabwe | a country of southern Africa. Various Bantu peoples migrated into the area during the first millennium | 12 | |
| 11556118259 | Great Zimbabwe | City, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450 importance: it was a trading center and the capital of a large state. |  | 13 |
| 11556121479 | Mansu Musa | Was the greatest ruler of Kingdom Mali. Throne time 1312. He expanded borders and ensured peace and order in Mali. Converted to Islam and based justice on the Quran. But still promoted religious freedom. Made a Hijj, and built schools. Importance: helped develop islam in africa. |  | 14 |
| 11556124168 | Griot | a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers. Importance: maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa. |  | 15 |
