West African Empires Flashcards

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Griot

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Traditional storyteller

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Mali Empire

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Expanded their territory through trade and gold.

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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.

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Songhai Empire

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After Mansa Musa died, they expanded territory.

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Mansa Musa

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He went around and supplied gold to anyone who needed it he was rich.

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Berber

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Traders from north Africa but they moved to the west.

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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.

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Trans Saharan Caravan Trade

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People traveled in large groups to trade typically with camels.

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Djenne

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Ancient trading city and center of Muslim scholarship, southern Mali.

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Timbuktu

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Trading center and capital.

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