West African Empires Flashcards
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Griot
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Traditional storyteller
2
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Mali Empire
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Expanded their territory through trade and gold.
3
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Ghana Empire
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Located in Sahel was the first great trading empire in west Africa and became an important crossroad for trade.
4
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Songhai Empire
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After Mansa Musa died, they expanded territory.
5
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Mansa Musa
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He went around and supplied gold to anyone who needed it he was rich.
6
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Berber
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Traders from north Africa but they moved to the west.
7
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Ibn Battuta
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Was the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the Rihal.
8
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Trans Saharan Caravan Trade
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People traveled in large groups to trade typically with camels.
9
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Djenne
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Ancient trading city and center of Muslim scholarship, southern Mali.
10
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Timbuktu
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Trading center and capital.
