Ch19 Sub Sahara Africa Flashcards
Zanj refers
Swahili slave
Axum was
Christian kingdom in Ethiopia
Sun Saharan women
More opportunities than others
In smaller states of sub Sahara Africa the chief consideration for determining social position were
Kinship
Age groups
sex and gender relations
West African kingdoms depended on trans Saharan trade like easy depended on
Indian Ocean trade
Most powerful kingdom In central Africa
Zimbabwe
Swahili city states
Dominated trade along East African coast
Who made famous pilgrimage to Mecca 1324-25
Mansa musa
Central factor establishing trans sub Saharan trade
Domesticated camel
Bantu district group of villages ruled by
by district council
Early Bantu political structure
Governed themselves through fam and kinship
Mali empire wealthiest in sub Sahara Africa bc
Control gold trade