Chapter 9 Flashcards
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104249193 | Monsoons | heavily alternating winds | 0 | |
104249194 | Stateless society | common form of social organization in Africa; no heirarchy of govt officials but instead relying on kinship relationships or other forms of personal obligations for order | 1 | |
104249195 | Ghana | state south of the Sahara in the Western Sudan | 2 | |
104249196 | Mali | replaced Ghana between the 13th and 15th century | 3 | |
104249197 | Songhay | followed Mali in the 15th and 16th centuries | 4 | |
104249198 | Hausa | came to power in 15th century; further to East. | 5 | |
104249199 | Sundiata | legendary "lion-king" who conquered all others in mid 13th century to found the kingdom of Mali. | 6 | |
104249200 | Griots | master story tellers | 7 | |
104249201 | Mansa Musa | Sundiata's grand-nephew; ruled from 1312 to 1337; dropped value of gold drastically | 8 | |
104249202 | The Sawahlil Coast | east coast of Africa gained many trade centers and Islamization was developing | 9 | |
104249203 | Great Zimbabwe | capital city of a powerful state on the plateau south of the Zambezi River | 10 | |
104249204 | Delhi Sultanate | Islamic state | 11 | |
104249205 | Marco Polo | young Italian who visited China in late 13th century; was imprisoned in Venice by soldiers from the rival trade city Genoa | 12 | |
104249206 | Ibn Battuta | born in 1304 into upper class family; traveled between 1325 and 1354; religous purposes | 13 |