Chapter 15.1-15.3 Flashcards
Lineages have equal power with no central government
Stateless societies
People who descended from a common ancestor
Lineage
Trace lineage through their fathers
Patrilineal
Trace lineage through their mothers
Matrilineal
Part of North Africa, present day Mediterranean coast of Libya
Maghrib
Islamic religious brotherhood
Almoravids
A group of Islamic reformers
Almohads
West African kingdom were rulers grew rich from taxing the goods and traders in 700s
Ghana
A kingdom South of Ghana built on gold from 1235-1400
Mali
Mali’s first great leader who came to power by crushing the original leader.
Sundiata
A Muslim ruler, sundiata’s grandnephew
Mansa Musa
Traveler and historian who was a native of tangier
Ibn Battuta
People to the east who built an army and conquered Mali
Songhai
Had great City states in the savanna in 1000-1200
Hausa
Located in what is today known as Benin
Yoruba