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Africa - Mali, Ghana, and Songhai Flashcards

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Africa geography

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Sahara Desert, Sahel, Savannas, Rainforests, Great Rift Valley

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Major River

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Nile River

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Geography challenges

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desertification affects farming/travel

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Bantu Migrations

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Spread of languages, iron work, farming

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Gold-Salt trade

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Connected West Africa with Islamic World

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Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

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helped spread islam, arabic language, and goods by camels

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First major empire

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Ghana

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Controlled Gold-salt trade

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Ghana

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Mansa Musa

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Mali (richest person ever) (famous for pilgrimage to Mecca - hajj)

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Hajj to mecca (spread islam and wealth)

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Mali

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Built Timbuktu (major learning center city)

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Mali (Mansa Musa)

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Matrilineal (passed down through mothers side)

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Ghana

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Patrilineal (passed down through fathers side)

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Mali and Songhai

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largest and last major empire

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Songhai

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strongest military

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Songhai

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Incontrol of trade routes

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Sundiata

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Founder or Mali Empire

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Ibn Battuta

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Muslim traveler who recorded African culture

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Influenced by Islam

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Mali and Songhai

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Polytheistic

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Decentralized government

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Social classes

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Ghana (King, vassal kings, lesser rulers) then (merchants, traders, farmers) then (slaves or conquered people-laborers)

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Land with good farming conditions

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