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284460640factoriestrading stations with resident merchants established by the portuguese and other Europeans0
284460641El Minaimportant Portuguese factory on the coast of modern Ghana1
284460642Nzinga Mvembaruler of the Kongo kingdom; converted to Christianity; his efforts to integrate Portuguese and African ways foundered because of the slave trade.2
284460643LuandaPortuguese settlement founded in the 1520's; became core for the colony of Angola3
284460644Royal African Companychartered in Britain in the 1660's to establish a monopoly over the African trade; supplied slaves to British New World colonies4
284460645Indies piecea unit in the complex exchange system of the west African trade; based on the value of an adult male slave.5
284460646Triangular tradecomplex commercial pattern linking Africa, the Americas, and Europe; slaves form Africa went to the New World; American agricultural products went to Europe; European good went to Africa6
284460647AsanteAkan state among the Akan people of Ghana and centered Kumasi7
284460648Osei Tutuimportant ruler who began centralization and expansion of Asante8
284460649Asantehenetitle, created by Osei Tutu, of the civil and religious ruler of Asante9
284460650BeninAfrican kingdom in the Bight of Benin; at the height of its power when Europeans arrived; famous for its bronze casting techniques10
284460651DahomeyAfrican state among the Fon peoples; developed in the 17th century centered at Abomey; became a major slave trading state through utilization of Western firearms11
284460652LuoNilotic people who migrated from the upper Nile regions to establish dynasties in the lakes region of central Africa12
284460653Usuman Dan FodioMuslim Fulani leader who launched a great religious movement among the Hausa13
284460654Great Trekmovement inland during the 1830s of the DUtch-ancestry settlers in South Africa seeking to escape their British colonial goverment14
284460655Shakaruler among the Nguni peoples of southeast Africa during the early 19th century; developed military tactics that created the Zulu state15
284460656Mfecanewars among Africans in the southern Africa during the 19th century; caused migrations and alterations in Africa political organization16
284460657Swazi and LesothoAfrican states formed by people reacting to the stresses of the Mfecane17
284460658Middle Passageslave voyage from Africa to the Americas; a deadly and traumatic experience18
284460659Saltwater slavesname given to slaves born in Africa; distinguished from American-born descendants, and the creoles19
284460660ObeahAfrican religious parctices in the British American islands20
284460661CandombleAfrican religious practices in Brazil among the Yoruba21
284460662VodunAfrican religious practices among descendants in Haiti22
284460663PalmaresAngolan-led large runaway slave trade in 17th century Brazil23
284460664Surinam Maroonsdescendants of 18th century runaway slaves who found permanent refuge in the rainforest of Surinam and French Guiana24

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