West African Kingdom

can be defined as a type of relational worldview in which the world and every being in it, including humans, animals, plants, lands, and waters, are part of an interconnected web of being

• Shamanism

• Polytheistic

• Animism

• Timbuktu

Griots

• major uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate which took place from 869-883

• An African tribal storyteller and musician; duty was to preserve the genealogies and oral traditions of the tribe; usually among the oldest men in a tribe.

• A kingdom located in the highlands of modern Ethiopia.

• disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood

Specific group that migrated throughout Western Africa and Central Africa. A major African language family. Introduced crops, including bananas and yams. Also introduced iron tools and helped people in the new areas to change from using stone tools.

• Bantu

• Zulu

• Migration

• Shells

Ghana

• Power and wealth was based on dominating trans-Saharan trade. Also the modern West African country once known as the Land of Gold.

• East of Iran and north of Pakistan

• Towns in the desert that traders could stop to refill water and stock up on supplies for the rest of the trip

• A trading organization with Northern European countries among Norse and Viking peoples with Novgorod being a major trading city.

Based on gold trade with Swahili Coast. Stone city dominating gold producing interior of southern Africa

• Africa

• Great Zimbabwe

• Asia

• Japan

Lineage

• Group of families in stateless societies but also the descendants of a common ancestor.

• West African kingdom- rich from gold and salt.

• A community of individuals

Became a strong and powerful empire. Under the leadership of Mansa Musa, 1312 - 1337. This empire became famous for its trade in gold and the kingdom became incredibly prosperous.

• Mali

• Ghana

• Tunisia

• Swahili

Mansa Musa

• defeated Songhai in 1591; from North Africa

• widely recognized as participating in a military revolution of sorts with regards to weapons and tactics used by Zulu warriors.

• Was the ruler of the kingdom of Mali. Known for his wealth and gift-giving, and has sometimes been called the wealthiest person in history.

Matrilineal

• A matrilineal society is a society in which lineage, birthright and social class are traced through the mother's ancestry rather than the father's.

• a custom in marriage whereby the husband goes to live with the wife's community

• a group or class of people seen as having the greatest power and influence within a society,

Migration

• Ways of applying skills, knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet needs

• A period when the hunting and gathering lifestyle gave way to permanent settlements and the tending of plants and animals

• The movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location