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Sahara

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Desert in Northern Africa

Hard for living and travel

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How did the diverse geographical areas in Africa affect the lifestyles of people living there?

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Isolation
Different lifestyle
Could not be controlled by one ruler

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Savanna

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Flat, grassy plain

Soil is good for agriculture

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Sahel

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The African region along the southern border of the Sahara

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Soninke

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Warriors between the trade routes, taxed the trader

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Gold-salt trade

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Trade of gold and salt from northern and southern regions

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Ghana Empire

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West African kingdom that grew rich from taxing and controlling trade

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Mali Empire

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West African empire that grew rich from trade

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Actions of the kings of the Empire of Ghana

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King stored his taxes
Ruler was a religious figure, judge and military commander
King collected tributes 
Controlled the economy
Only the king was allowed to have gold
Rulers converted to Islam
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Fall of the Empire of Ghana

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Muslim Almoravids from North Africa conquered Ghana

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Kings of the Empire of Mali

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Sundiata

Mansa Musa

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Sundiata

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*The Lion King*
Replaced bad leader (his cousin)
Good administrator and general
Created a powerful army
Lead a period of peace and prosperity
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Mansa Musa

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Good military leader
Doubled the empire
One of the wealthiest people ever
Trashed the economy of Egypt
Muslim
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Fall of the Empire of Mali

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Mansa Musa’s successors lacked the ability to govern well

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Songhai Empire

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Wealth from the gold salt trade

Rulers were Muslim

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Leaders of the Songhai Empire

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Sunni Ali

Askia Muhammad

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Sunni Ali

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Built a professional army
Captured Timbuktu
Created a large empire
Took the city of Djenné

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Askia Muhammad

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Good administator
Had an efficient tax system
Lead Muslim rebellion

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Fall of the Songhai Empire

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Lacked modern weapons

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The most important trade items in West Africa

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Gold and salt

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Ibn Battuta

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African traveler 
Muslim
Traveled for 27 years
Visited most countries in the Islamic world
Islamic Marco Polo
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Kingdom of Aksum

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Grew rich from intercontinental trade

Blending of cultures

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What were the main trade items of the Kingdom of Aksum?

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Animal products (ivory, tortoiseshell, leopard skin)

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Ezana

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Conquered part of the Arabian peninsula

Christian

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Swahili

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An Arabic-influenced Bantu language widely spoken in eastern and central Africa

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Kilwa

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City State
People were Muslim
Luxurious lifestyle

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Fall of the Kingdom of Aksum

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Islamic invasion

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Fall of Sofala, Kilwa and Mombasa

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Portuguese conquest

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List 5 ways Islam changed East Africa

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i. A Muslim sultan governed most cities
ii. Most towns had a mosque
iii. Most government officials and merchants were Muslim
iv. People converted to Islam
v. Muslim officials decided legal matters

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Souce of wealth and power in the Great Zimbabwe

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Trade
Making goods
Raising animals
Farming

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Kings of the Great Zimbabwe

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Worshiped as gods
Ruled by collecting tributes
Ruled with their mothers

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Fall of the Great Zimbabwe

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Great Zimbabwe was deserted

Reason unknown

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5 reasons Europeans used Africans as slaves

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Africans had experience in farming and could be taught plantation work
Africans had been exposed to European disease and had built up immunity
Less likely to escape (did not know the land)
Easier to catch escaped slaves because of their appearance
Needed cheap labor

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How were Africans brought to the Americas by the Atlantic slave trade?

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By ship

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Why did some Africans cooperate with the slave traders?

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Exchanged slaves for gold, guns, and other goods

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Triangular Trade

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Trading network where slaves and other goods were transpoted between Africa, Europe, the West Indies and the American colonies

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Middle Passage

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Middle leg of the trangular trade

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