Egypt
This group of people spread iron-smelting techniques and the knowledge of high-yield crops such as yams and bananas across Africa.
What is the Bantus.
The most famous ruler of Mali and richest man in history
What is Mansa Musa
The Songhai had an empire that reached this many miles throughout West Africa.
What is a thousand miles.
This is Egyptian writing, often written on papyrus by scribes.
What is hieroglyphics
This culture is a mixture of African and Arabian culture, meaning "peoples of the coast."
What is Swahili.
What Ghana traded for Gold
What is salt
Leader Muhammad Ture overthrew the son of Sunni Ali and seized power in this year.
What is 1493 CE.
The type of religion that ancient Egyptians practiced before and after Akhenaten.
What is polytheism
Location of the kingdom of Nubia
What is south of Egypt (modern-day Sudan)
By this year, Ghana has expanded greatly throughout West Africa.
What is by 500 BCE
Place where Mansa Musa travelled to, visiting Egypt along the way, with an entourage of thousands of people.
Where is Mecca
The 3 time periods in ancient Egyptian history.
What is Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
These people were nomads carrying much of the trade across the desert on camels.
What is the Berbers
Ghana was taken over by Sundiata Keita, resulting in the creation of this larger empire
What is Mali
This is the year that Songhai ended due to invaders to the North.
What is by the 1600's CE
This river valley where Egyptian civilization flourished and how many years ago it began!
What is the Nile River Valley and 7,000 years ago
This kingdom developed on the high plateaus of what is today Ethiopia and was an important center of trade. King Ezana had converted to Christianity and spread its beliefs throughout this kingdom.
What is the Axum.
Empire from the south that took over the Mali kingdom in the 1400's.
What are the Songhai.
These two countries gave Songhai control of the trading empires, especially salt and gold.
Timbuktu and Djenne