Chapter 3: Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa

The savannah is a large area of flat grasslands.

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Africa has not improved its agricultural development

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The Sahel is a wide strip of land between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea

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In Africa, livestock served as a sign of wealth and prosperity

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African clans were composed of two or more tribes

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Mali was an important empire in West Africa

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The unusual church buildings at Lalibela were carved into rock below ground level

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Ghana traded only salt and grain

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Islam spread to western Africa by way of Muslim traders

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Animism is the belief that spirits live in objects in nature, including the air

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