West Africa
The two main natural resources found in West Africa that led to the creation of trading empires.
What are salt and gold?
What geographical feature makes up the biggest part of the Arabian Peninsula?
What is dry plains and deserts.
What religion were the majorioty of people that traded across Northern Africa
Islam (Muslim)
This empire was the first of the major empire of western Africa.
What is Ghana?
Mansa Musa made a RELIGIOUS PILGRIMMAGE across northern Africa spread wealth and religion while strengthening trade routes trade routes.
What is a hajj?
People who told stories and sang songs for traders, villagers, and kings.
Griot
Long ago many Arabs were nomads in groups who herded animals and lived in tents. These people were known as....
Who were the Bedouin.
A group of many camels and people that travel together across the desert.
What is a caravan?
Dry grasslands form a narrow belt along Sahara's southern edge, meaning "shore".
Sahel
This queen ruled Kush around 27 B.C.
Who is Queen Amanishakhete?
The name of the Ottoman leader that conquered Constantinople?
Who was Suliman 1
Ghana became rich through doing this even though there were no valuable resources located there.
What is charging a tax to cross through?
This king ruled Ethiopia from about 1185 to 1225.
Lalibela