African History Flashcards

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Storytellers

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Griots

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Kingdom that owed its power to its location on the Red Sea

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Axum

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Area of high flat land

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Plateau

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The River that supported trade in West Africa

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Niger River

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Doubled the size of Mali

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Mansa Musa

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Africa's Savannas

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The grasslands that cover 40% and are good for raising cattle and bird

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The Berbers adopted camels as a way to travel as well as a source of

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Source of food milk and wool

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What great warrior king, called “Lion Prince” ruled Mali from 1230 to 1255

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Sundiata Keita

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This African zone produces a surplus of crops

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Mediterranean

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The great trading center of Zimbabwe reached from south of the Zambezi River to the

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Indian Ocean