Timbuktu
Important city in __________ center for learning and trade.
Group of people that lived in the ________.
East
What year did Sunni Ali rule?
1464
Factors leading the exploration:
Demand for:
Gold, spices, and natural resources
While civilizations were developing in Africa, Asia, and Europe, humans were emerging in the _________.
Americas
Timbuktu became one of the most important cities of the empire attracting doctors, judges, and religious leaders and __________-.
Scholars
Built up and Army and extended territory to ______ gaining control of important trade routes.
Niger River
Sunni Ali ruling expanded to ________, capturing the city of ________. Power when to his son when he died.
Songhai, Timbuktu
Pioneering role of Prince _________ the Navigator.
Henry
The Americas (north and south) used to be connected by a land bridge to Asia called ________.
Beringia.
The ruler Mansa Musa completed his hajj (pilgrimage) to _______________.
Mecca
What was the capital of the Songhai empire?
Gao
Sunni Ali's son faced revolt from ____________. Leader of revolt: Askia Muhammad
Muslims
Support for diffusion of ________.
Christianity
First Americans arrived after the last ________.
Ice Age.
When Mansa Musa returned home he ordered the construction of __________ & _____________.
Universities and Mosques
Collapse of Songhai empire ended 1,000 year period of powerful kingdoms ruling the central region of __________.
West Africa
__________. took power and replaced Sunni Ali’s son
Askia
Political and economic competition between __________ empires.
European
Americans adapted to their environment and experimented with simple methods of ___________.
Farming
Mali declined in the __________.
1400
Group of people that broke away from Mali was the ________.
Songhai
Askia set up tax system, centralized government…the empire ________!
thrived
Innovations of European and Islamic origins in ____________ arts.
navigational
What became the most important crop?
Maize (corn)