African Geography and History

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Savanna

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Areas of grassland with scattered trees and bushes

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Sahara

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A desert stretching across most of North Africa

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Sub-Saharan

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Areas of Africa south of the Sahara Desert that little was known about its history

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Oral History

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Accounts of the past that people pass down by word of mouth

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Clan

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A group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor

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City-State

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City that is also separate, independent state with own government

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Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

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Trading of slaves controlled by African rulers with other African states as well Muslim territories

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Salt-Gold Trade

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The trade between northern and western Africa that ultimately benefited the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires.