ch. 19 wrs Flashcards

47997536	Sundiata	a leader whose exploits were the foundation of a great oral tradition. created unified state & basic rules for malinke society; , The founder of the Mali empire	0
47997537	Mansa Musa	this Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west africa	1
47997538	Ibn Battuta	Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. (p. 373)	2
47997539	Ali Ibn Muhammad	this slave headed the Zanj (Swahili slaves) revolt in 869. He is killed in 883 and the rebellion crushed. Revolt demonstrated slavery was very prominent.	3
47997540	Griots	Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire	4
47997541	Banana	increased supply of food available to Bantu, enrich their diets, and allowed them to expand more rapidly than before	5
47997542	Kin based society	Governed Bantu people. Were literally family groups. The Men formed the council, and the chief was the most qualified leader of a village. Multiple villages formed districts which composed an empire. The Chiefs were a liason among other villages and allowed the formation of ethnic loyalities.	6
47997543	chiefdom	Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires, chiefdoms were based on gift giving and commercial links. (p. 311)	7
47997544	kingdom of kongo	Kingdom dominating small states along the Congo River that maintained effective, centralized government and a royal currency until the seventeenth century; , one of the most active areas of political development; most centralized of Bantu kingdoms	8
47997545	camels	from Central Asia; revolutionized trade because their broad feet did not sink in the sand and their humps stored fat for food; they could also travel many days without water; camels were grouped together to form caravans	9
47997546	Gao	an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States	10
47997547	Kingdom of Ghana	first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (7th - 13th century).	11
47997548	Koumbi saleh	-Capital of Ghana which had 15,000 people with buildings of stone and more than a dozen mosques. Supported by a large number of qadi and Muslim scholars.	12
47997549	Mali Empire	Formed in 1240 when Sundiata took control of Ghana Empire. It controlled trade across Sahara, the South and the Niger River.	13
47997550	Swahili	a Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast	14
47997551	kilwa	one of many trading cities on the East African coast	15
47997552	Zimbabwe	a country of southern Africa. Various Bantu peoples migrated into the area during the first millennium, displacing the earlier San inhabitants	16
47997553	zanj revolt	revolts againsts Muslim authorities, Ali bin Muhammad organized 15,000 Zanj slaves into a force that captured Basra and established rebel state in the region	17
47997554	diviness	a theologian, of or pertaining to god	18
47997555	axum	trading center, and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia	19
47997556	solomonic dynasty	A string of Ethiopian rulers who claimed descent from David in an attempt to add biblical authority to their rule.	20
47997557	Kebra Negast	Fictional work literally meaning "Glory of Kings" traced the lineage of the Solomonic Dynasty to King David and Solomon.	21