Chapter 13: Kingdoms and States of Medieval Africa Review

group of people in which heredity is traced through the father

• patrilineal society

• gold

• diviners

• camels

• lineage group

major export of Ghana

• patrilineal society

• gold

• diviners

• camels

• lineage group

people who worked with supernatural forces to communicate with the gods

• patrilineal society

• gold

• diviners

• camels

• lineage group

important members of the “fleets of the desert”

• patrilineal society

• gold

• diviners

• camels

• lineage group

community of related extended families

• patrilineal society

• gold

• diviners

• camels

• lineage group

highly desirable import for Ghana

• salt

• griots

• subsistence farming

• stateless society

• coral

oral historians who preserved traditions and genealogies through stories

• salt

• griots

• subsistence farming

• stateless society

• coral

common practice in early east Africa of growing only enough crops for personal use

• salt

• griots

• subsistence farming

• stateless society

• coral

group of independent villages organized by clans and led by a local ruler or clan head

• salt

• griots

• subsistence farming

• stateless society

• coral

material used to build the Great Mosque of Kilwa

• salt

• griots

• subsistence farming

• stateless society

• coral