African Trade and Empires Flashcard

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Animal that transformed African trade:

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Camels

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Empire with greater territory, population, and trade than Ghana:

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Mali

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Gold from West Africa reached:

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Europe and Asia

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Support for generals in Mali was due to their protection from invaders.

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Protected from invaders

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Empire with greater territory, population, and trade than Mali.

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Ghana

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Earliest human fossils found in:

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Great Rift Valley

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Invasion that led to the fall of the Songhai Empire

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Moroccans

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Largest trading center in West Africa by 250 B.C.

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Djenné-jeno

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A cloth named after an African word for 'basket'

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kente

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Largest West African empire by 1492

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Songhai