Ancient Africa Flashcards
What is a griot?
A traditional storyteller
What was the Mali Empire?
An Ancient African empire formed when the state of Mali conquered Ghana that built its power from gold and salt trade.
What was the Ghana Empire?
Ghana was the first great trading empire in West Africa. It was located in the Sahel (mostly grassland stretched across north central Africa.
What was the Songhai Empire?
After Mansa Musa died Songhai broke away from Mali rule. They took over Timbuktu and expanded to the salt mines, soon controlling all of them.
What are Berbers?
Traders along the Sahara
Who was Mansa Musa?
The richest person in history, a very successful Mali King.
Who was Ibn Battuta?
A young Arab lawyer from Morocco. He set out to see the Muslim world in 1325 and learned many things about them.
What was Trans Saharan Caravan Trade?
The trans-Saharan caravan trade was a trading system that linked the great kingdoms of West Africa to the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds.
What was Djenne?
An ancient trading city and center of Muslim scholarship
What was Timbuktu?
Timbuktu is a city in Mali, West Africa, historically important as a trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route and as a center of Islamic culture.
What river is in West Africa?
The Niger River
