African Civilization Quiz Flashcards

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