Ap world history - middle ages - 600-1450 Flashcards

11511356225	Kush	An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.	0
11511360750	Swahili Coast	East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.'	1
11511367837	Great Zimbabwe	City, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.	2
11511370508	Ghana Empire	Soninke clans led the empire in the 600s-800s in West Africa.	3
11511374458	Mali Empire	From 1235-1400, this was a strong empire of Western African. With its trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, it had many mosques and universities. The Empire was ruled by two great rulers, Sundiata and Mansa Musa. Thy upheld a strong gold-salt trade. The fall of the empire was caused by the lack of strong rulers who could govern well.	4
11511377210	Mansa Musa	Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.	5
11511379851	Songhai Empire	a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591	6
11511383019	Sonni/Sunni Ali	1465-1492 followed a Muslim practices, but was also regarded as a magician with an invisibility charm	7
11511387209	oral literature	Stories passed down from generation to generation by mouth	8
11511387210	Benin	a kingdom that arose near the Niger River delta in the 1300s and became a major West African state in the 1400s	9
11511389835	Maya	Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.	10
11511393369	Chinampas	Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.	11
11511396238	Toltecs	Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization. (p. 305)	12