AP World History Africa + Spread of Islam Flashcards Flashcards

7647424276	Mansa Musa	Meccan King, crossed Sahara	0
7647426618	Hajj	Pilgrimage to Mecca	1
7647432501	Effects of Islam	Trade + long-distance commerce	2
7647442289	State-building (Mali, Songhay)	Military power, not ethic/cultural unity	3
7647450256	African societies	Diverse - centralized states, stateless societies	4
7647458987	Stateless societies	Kinship, family council	5
7647884628	Stateless societies vs. states	Lacking political power + authority	6
7647481550	Bantu people	Invented main African language	7
7647485299	Animistic religion	Soul/spirit in anything	8
7647520042	African economies	Specialization, merchants controlled trade	9
7647529569	Cyrene, Carthage	Trading centers	10
7647537711	Ifriqiya	Roman word for Africa	11
7647540458	Almoravids and Almohadis	Reformist groups, launched jihad	12
7647545619	Jihad	Holy war to protect faith	13
7647549250	Benefits of Islam	Believer equality, reinforced Arab kings' authority	14
7647571278	Christian kingdoms in Africa	Nubia and Ethiopia	15
7647581372	Axum	Ethiopian kingdom, Christian outpost	16
7647588884	Africa coasts of contact	Atlantic, Indian Ocean, savanna on edge of Sahara	17
7647596914	Ghana	First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa (790-1240)	18
7647605081	Ghana trade	Exchanged gold for salt/dates from Sahara	19
7647611266	Sudanic kingdoms	Takrur, Gao	20
7647613610	Similarites of Sudanic states	Patriarch/council of elders, had conquest states	21
7647889654	Copts	Christian sect of Egypt, preferred Islam to Byzantines	22
7647897175	Sundiata	Founded Mali empire, great leader, "Lion Prince"	23
7647906643	Juula	Malinke merchants, carried out trade throughout Mali empire	24
7647916450	Griots	Keepers of traditions and advisors to Mali kings	25
7647921251	Ibn Batuta	Arab traveler, described African cultures + societies	26
7647929545	Timbuktu	Niger River city, major part of trans-Saharan trade + Islamic learning center	27
7647942093	Sharia	Islamic code of law from Koran and Mohammed	28
7647949059	Zanj	Arabic term for East African coast	29
7647953961	Great Zimbabwe	Trading center + state capital between 1250-1450	30
7647984382	Nok	West Africa's earliest known culture, pre-Nigeria	31
7647996813	Characteristics of Nok	First people to smelt iron, realistic + highly stylized terra-cotta objects	32
7648008463	Kongo	Founded in 13th century, flourishing by 15th	33
7648014539	Characteristics of Kongo	Agriculture-based, hereditary monarchy ruled	34
7648022618	Secret societies	West african societies, initiated boys and girls into adulthood	35
7648032070	Swahili	Bantu language with Arabic words	36
7648035509	Bantu	Migrated through central + southern Africa	37
7648043182	Kingdoms of the Grasslands	Ghana, Songhay, Mali	38
7648059750	Mali Empire	Strong West African empire from 1240-1500	39
7648067995	Mali Empire characteristics	Many mosques and universities, gold-salt trade	40
7648079053	Fall of Mali Empire	Lack of strong rulers who could govern well	41
7648105990	Songhay	Succeeded Mali; controlled middle reaches of Niger valley	42
7648111299	Songhay origins	Originally independent kingdom under Berber dynasty; capital at Gao; reached imperial status under Sunni Ali	43
7648122103	Songhay trade products	Gold and salt (almost equal in value)	44
7648139860	Mwene Mutapa	King of Great Zimbabwe, made rapid expansion	45
7648148102	Successes of Mwene Mutapa	Dominated over sources of gold, exported textiles and impressed Europeans with iron weapons	46