vocabulary- Ch 6

silent barter

• a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly

• a spoken record of past events

• a West African storyteller

• a short saying of wisdom or truth

Tunka Manin

• King of the Empire of Ghana in 1086, his kingdom was visited by Muslim writers

• Founder of the Empire of Mali, his reign is recorded in legends

• Mali's greatest and most famous ruler, he was a devout Muslim. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca around 1300 that helped spread Mali's fame

• Emperor of Songhai, he conquered Mali and made Songhai into a powerful state

Sundiata

• Founder of the Empire of Mali, his reign is recorded in legends

• Mali's greatest and most famous ruler, he was a devout Muslim. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca around 1300 that helped spread Mali's fame

• Emperor of Songhai, he conquered Mali and made Songhai into a powerful state

• Songhai ruler, he overthrew Sunni Baru. His reign was the high point of Songhai culture

Mansa Musa

• Mali's greatest and most famous ruler, he was a devout Muslim. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca around 1300 that helped spread Mali's fame

• Emperor of Songhai, he conquered Mali and made Songhai into a powerful state

• Songhai ruler, he overthrew Sunni Baru. His reign was the high point of Songhai culture

• King of the Empire of Ghana in 1086, his kingdom was visited by Muslim writers

Sunni Ali

• Emperor of Songhai, he conquered Mali and made Songhai into a powerful state

• Songhai ruler, he overthrew Sunni Baru. His reign was the high point of Songhai culture

• King of the Empire of Ghana in 1086, his kingdom was visited by Muslim writers

• Mali's greatest and most famous ruler, he was a devout Muslim. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca around 1300 that helped spread Mali's fame

Askia the Great

• Songhai ruler, he overthrew Sunni Baru. His reign was the high point of Songhai culture

• Emperor of Songhai, he conquered Mali and made Songhai into a powerful state

• Mali's greatest and most famous ruler, he was a devout Muslim. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca around 1300 that helped spread Mali's fame

• Founder of the Empire of Mali, his reign is recorded in legends

oral history

• a spoken record of past events

• a West African storyteller

• a short saying of wisdom or truth

• a hand-woven, brightly colored West African fabric

griot

• a West African storyteller

• a short saying of wisdom or truth

• a hand-woven, brightly colored West African fabric

• a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly

proverb

• a short saying of wisdom or truth

• a hand-woven, brightly colored West African fabric

• of many types

• a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly

kente

• a hand-woven, brightly colored West African fabric

• a series of steps in which a task is accomplished

• of many types

• a short saying of wisdom or truth