chapter 8 vocab Flashcards

98780892	stateless societies	African societies organized around kinship or other forms of obligation	0
98780893	ifriqiya	Arabic term for eastern north Africa	1
98780894	Maghrib	Arabic term for western north Africa	2
98780895	Almohadis	A reformist movement among the Islamic Berbers of northern Africa	3
98780896	juula	Malinke merchants; formed small partnerships to carry out trade throughout mali empire	4
98780897	Sundiata	member of the keita clan; founder of the Mali empire	5
98780898	griots	Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the mali empire	6
98780899	Ibn Batuta	Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records	7
98780900	Timbuktu	Port city of Mali; 50,000 people	8
98780901	songhay	Successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of Niger Valley	9
98780902	Muhammad the Great	Extended the boundaries of the Songhay Empire; Islamic ruler of the mid-16th century	10
98780903	Hausa	People from northern Nigeria	11
98780904	Sharia	Islamic law; defined among other things the partilineal nature of the Islamic inheritance	12
98780905	zanj	Arabic term for the east African coast	13
98780906	demography	study of population	14
98780907	demographic transition	change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates	15
98780908	benin	Powerful city state which came into contact with the Portuguese in 1485 but remained relatively free of European influence	16
98781504	Kongo	Kingdom, based on agriculture, formed on lower Congo river	17
98781505	great zimbabwe	a powerful southeast African city	18