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Most important trade item in West Africa
What is gold for salt
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the main religion of Ethiopia
What is Christianity
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professional storytellers who passed down the traditions verbally were known as
What are griots
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Method of transportation along the Trans-Saharan Trade Route
What is the Camel
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A waterfall
What is a cataract
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The capital of Ghana
What is Kumbi Saleh
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This King directed the building of churches carved out of Rock in Ethiopia
Who was King Lalibela
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Women were rulers of this West African city-state
What is Hausa
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ancient Kingdom on the upper Nile River
What is Nubia
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A grassy plain
What is a savanna
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The most important ruler of the Mali empire
Who was Mansa Musa
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The name of the book which suggests that Ethiopian Kings were of Jewish descent
What is "The Glory of Kings"
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In Axum, African and Jewish traditions merged and gave rise to this ancient language
What is geez
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Trade in ivory, pepper and slaves helped to build this African rain forest kingdom
What is Benin
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parents and children living together in a unit
What is a nuclear family
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the people of Benin were experts at
What is cast bronze and brass
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Major reason for the success of Great Zimbabwe
What is commercial links with east African coastal cities
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Name of the Moroccan who traveled to much of SW Asia, W. Africa, Russia, India and China for 30 years and wrote about his journeys
Who was Ibn Battuta
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Axum thrived due to the success of its two main cities:
What is Axum and Adulis
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a group of households claiming a common ancestor
What is lineage
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two leaders of Songhai
What is Sonni Ali, and Askia Muhammad
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how did the religion of East Africa differ from North Africa
What is during the time of Roman rule, Christianity took hold in both North Africa and Axum. At first, this shared religion helped to strengthen the ties between Axum, North Africa, and the Mediterranean world. After Muslim Arabs conquered North Africa in the 600s, Islam began to replace Christianity as the dominant religion in the region. Axum, however, remained Christian
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describe religious beliefs in medieval African society before the arrival of Islam and Christianity
What is Medieval African beliefs were varied and complex
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explain how the coastal city-states resulted in a blend of cultures
What is Port cities and islands of East Africa were ideally located for trade with Asia. As a result, this region attracted traders and immigrants from as far away as Indonesia. As more settlers arrived, they influenced the local East African culture. For example, the architecture of houses and palaces as well as furniture reflected a blend of East African and Arabic designs. The new language that emerged in East Africa, Swahili, was a Bantu-based language eventually written in Arabic script. Many Arabic words were absorbed into this language.
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language meaning "of the coast" in East Africa
What is Swahili
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