States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa Flashcards
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| 17862909 | Sundiata | the story of the lion prince; epic story of mali | 0 | |
| 17862910 | griots | professional singers and storytellers known in Africa; told of Sundiata, stories, histories and epics | 1 | |
| 17862911 | bananas | nutritious supplement to bantu diet; entered by Indian Ocean from southeast Asia | 2 | |
| 17862912 | stateless society | often used to describe Africa's gov't; also segmentary society | 3 | |
| 17862913 | Kingdom of Kongo | one of the most active areas of political development; most centralized of Bantu kingdoms | 4 | |
| 17862914 | camels | quickened the pace of comm. and trans. across the sahara | 5 | |
| 17862915 | Kingdom of Ghana | principal state of west africa at the time of the Muslims' arrival there was this; originally form modern Nigeria; became most importatn commercial site in west africa because it was the center for trade in gold | 6 | |
| 17862916 | gold trade | in high demand because of economic development and surging trade throughout the eastern hemisphere | 7 | |
| 17862917 | Koumbi-Saleh | Ghana's capital with lots of trade and what-not back then | 8 | |
| 17862918 | Al-Bakri | a Spanish Muslim traveler described Koumbi-Saleh in a good light | 9 | |
| 17862919 | Mali Empire | est. by Sundiata | 10 | |
| 17862920 | Mansa Musa | Sundiata's grand-nephew; ruled Mali at its high point; really liked Islam | 11 | |
| 17862921 | Swahili | "coasters" | 12 | |
| 17862922 | Kilwa | busist city-states on the east African coast | 13 | |
| 17862923 | Zimbabwe | dwelling of a chief | 14 | |
| 17862924 | Zanj | a slave that launched a revolt | 15 | |
| 17862925 | Kingdom of Axum | Christian kingdom in Ethiopia | 16 | |
| 17897065 | Niani | the capital and homeland of Sundiata | 17 | |
| 17897066 | Factors of Increased Pop., Ag. Prod., and Migration | development of iron metallurgy; cultivattion and herding | 18 | |
| 17897067 | Government | stateless society and segementary society the form of social organization widely revalent in Africa during and after the Bantu migration | 19 | |
| 17897068 | Chiefdoms | increased conflict encouraged Bantu communities to organize military forces for both offensive and defensive purposes, and military organization in trurn encouaraged the development of more formal structures of government; then powerfull cheifs just started gathering these lands under their rules; kingdom of kongo was one of them that emerged from this group | 20 |