Chap 13 Africa 599BC-AD1650 Flashcards
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What are the main valuable resources traded in Ghana?
Gold and salt
What is Silent barter?
Process in which people exchange goods without direct contact.
Who was Tunka Manin?
King of Ghana and ruled around 1068.
What did the rulers do with taxes and gold.
To support the army.
Why did the rulers not want everyone to have gold?
So they were the richest?
Who invaded Ghana in 1000AD.
Muslim group called the Almoravids.
How did overgrazing hurt the Ghana empire?
The Almoravids brought animals that grazed the grasses until it damaged the land.
Where is Ghana located?
In north Western Africa
Where did some of the trade routes go thru in the Ghana empire.
Up the west African, North African coast, and thru the Sahara.
Mali and Songhai empire time period?
Between 1000AD-1500AD. Encompassed about the same land as the Ghana empire.
Who was Mansa Musa?
Most famous ruler of Mali Empire.
What new crop was introduced in the Mali Empire?
Cotton
What major river was important to Mali?
The Niger.
Who was Sundiata?
The first ruler of the Mali empire.
Who led the expansion of Songhai in the 1400’s.
Sunni Ali ruler in 1464
What cities were important in the Songhai empire?
Gap, Timbuktu, Djenne.
Who was Askia the Great?
Ruler of Songhai empire 1443-1538. Over thru Sunni Baru son of Sunni Ali. Was a general named Muhammad Ture.
What happened to Timbuktu with Askia the greats support.
Did well with education and more people drawn to the city.
How did Songhai empire fall?
Attacked by the Moroccans and the change in trade routes. Routes favored port cities and avoided Muslim held cities from the European preferences.
Who are the Griots?
Story tellers of Western Africa.
What is oral history.
History that is passed down by word of mouth and not written.
What two art forms are popular in Western Africa?
Sculpture/masks and clothing.
What is Kente?
Hand woven brightly colored fabric.
The belief that natural object have spirits?
Naturalism.
