228530887 | Berber | people of the Sahara who raided western lands | 0 | |
228530888 | Maghrib | arab word meaning lands to the west | 1 | |
228530889 | Almohadis | a reformist group in North Africa | 2 | |
228530890 | Axum | one of the first predominately christian kingdom | 3 | |
228530891 | King Lalibela | a king who built 11 great churches sculpted from the rock in the town | 4 | |
228530892 | Sahel | the extensive grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara | 5 | |
228530893 | Ghana | rose to power by taxing salt and gold which was exchanged within the borders | 6 | |
228530894 | Mali | Broke away from Ghana control and was centered between the Senegal and Niger rivers, lead to the creation of Malinke people | 7 | |
228530895 | Sundiata | Mali ruler whose exploits were celebrated in oral tradition | 8 | |
228530896 | Mansa Musa | made a pilgrimage to Mecca and brought back poetry and architecture | 9 | |
228530897 | Timbuktu | a Malian city that lay off the flood plain on the Niger River and it was a city of commercial exchange | 10 | |
228530898 | Songhay | farmers and herders in Niger Valley were a society called masters of soil | 11 | |
228530899 | Sunni Ali | a great tactical commander and his cavalry expanded the borders and seized the traditional trading cities of Timbuktu | 12 | |
228530900 | Hausa | peoples of Northern Nigeria who combined muslim and pagan traditions | 13 | |
228530901 | Sharia | islamic law | 14 | |
228530902 | Shawhili | a language based on the bantu language which contained arabic words | 15 | |
228530903 | Yoruba | small city states, were very urbanized, and had strong regional kinds who were considered divine; also known for large terra-cotta heads | 16 | |
228530904 | Benin | founded under Ewuare the Great extending its control from Niger River to the coast of Lagos, known for their bronze castings and celebrations of powers and majesty of royal lineage | 17 | |
228530905 | Kongo | based on agriculture the people were skilled at weaving pottery and blacksmithing | 18 | |
228530906 | Great Zimbabwe | It was the center of the kingdom and also had a religious importance, associated with the bird of God | 19 |
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