Relating to a southern African empire established by Mutota in the 15th century
Traveler and historian who visited most of the countries of the Islamic world
An African people who lived in what is now Nigeria between 500 BC and 200 AD
The largest desert in Northern Africa
The chief seaport of Aksum that was located near present-day Massawa
An Islamic religious brotherhood that established an empire in North Africa and southern Spain in the 11th century AD
An African kingdom, in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea, that reached the height of its power in the fourth century AD
The speakers of a related group of languages, who, beginning about 2,000 years ago, migrated from West Africa into most of the southern half of Africa
The city established by the Shona people that grew into an empire built on its gold trade
Strong ruler of Aksum who burned Meroe to the ground
Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
A West African people who lived in several city-states in what is now northern Nigeria
Grassy plains
A West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591
The people-living, dead, and unborn-who are descended from a common ancestor
A new form of agriculture in Aksum, in which stepped ridges constructed on mountain slopes help retain water and reduce erosion
West African storytellers
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Emperor of Mali who was able expand the empire to double the size of the Empire of Ghana
An African society located on a tributary of the Niger River in West Africa that began to develop sometime between 600BC and 200BC
Cultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal power instead of being exercised by a central government
Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father
The belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects
A region of western North Africa, consisting of the Mediterranean coastlands of what is no Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria
A West African people who formed several kingdoms in what is now Benin and southern Nigeria
Mali's first mansa or emperor
A kingdom that arose near the Niger River delta in the 1300s and became a major West African states in the 1400s
A West African kingdom that grew rich from taxing and controlling trade that established an empire in the 9th-11th centuries AD
A group of Islamic reformers who overthrew the Almoravid dynasty and established an empire in North Africa and southern Spain in the 12th century AD
An Arabic-influenced Bantu language that is spoken widely in eastern and central Africa
A West African empire that flourished from 1235 to the 1400s and grew rich from trade
The African region along the southern border of the Sahara
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