11 Flashcards
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Bantu
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Root language to west African peoples
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Cataracts
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Waterfalls
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Nubia
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Ancient kingdom in present day Sudan
3
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Meroë
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Nubian capital
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Commodity
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Valuable product
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Ghana
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Kingdom in AD800 located in fertile V of niger river and senegal rivers
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Sundiata
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Sickly son of Mandinka king
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Mali
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Empire Sundiata founded
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Mansa Musa
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Greatest ruler of kingdom of Mali
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Songhai
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West african kingdom
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Axum
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Extended from mountains to red sea
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Adulis
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Port on red sea. One of the main cities of Axum
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Ethiopia
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Term greeks used for region
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King lalibela
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Came to power in Ethiopia in 1200s
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Great Zimbabwe
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Ruins of a capital of a great inland empire