Africa in the Middle Ages

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Islam spread to west Africa via which trade network?

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Trans-Saharan

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This was a center of trade and learning in west Africa.

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Timbuktu

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He was famous for being the wealthiest man to live and making the pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Mansa Musa

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This was the first large Christian kingdom in east Africa.

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Aksum

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This individual is famous for building a series of 12 churches located in modern day Ethiopia.

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Lalibela

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True or False: When Islam arrived in west Africa and the Swahili coast it mixed with local beliefs.

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True

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Which group most likely brought Islam to the Swahili coast? (Options: Soldiers, Kings, Merchants)

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Merchants

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The Swahili coast trading ports were a part of which trade network?

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Indian Ocean

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This was the largest precolonial stone structure built in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Great Zimbabwe

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Which two trade items were the most important on the Trans-Saharan trade network?

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Salt and Gold