Africa
Islam
Empires
Sudanic States
Essay
100
Juula
What are African traders from Mali?
100
Even with the spread of Islam this region stayed outside the trade sphere of the Islamic World.
What is Sub-Shaharan Africa
100
A kingdom of confederated states divided into eight provinces.
What is the Kingdom of the Kongo
100
Mali and Songhay people of similar ethnic background controlled smaller states.
What is Sudanic States?
100
Sudanic states had strong central control ag economy. Swahili coast were city states. Islam did not impose government but supported local institutions to give stability to society
What is the influence of Islam on Sudanic states and Swahili coast?
200
Masters of Oral traditions and advisers to the kings.
Who are the Griots?
200
The fact that the Muslim ideas of a United civil and religious leader reinforced local ideas of kingship.
What is the reason that Islam was adopted by rulers in The Sudan.
200
A society divided into three groups clans of freemen devoted to religion specialists and tradesman
What is the Malinke people
200
Yoruba and Benin were city states Kongo and Zimbabwe were lesser imperial governments.
What is the political form of African states.
300
Who did not migrate to he coastal regions of East Africa.
Who are the Berbers?
300
The Persion Gulf
What is an area that was not important for contact between Islam and Africa?
300
Invasion by Morocco and internal revolts
What is the downfall of Songhay
300
Only hunters pastorials and farmers had little conversion to Islam
What is Islams impact in east Africa?
300
Traders and merchants carried ideas to new areas.
What is the primary means of Islamic conversion?
400
The study of population
What is demographics?
400
Between the Niger ans Senegal Rivers
Where is the Kingdom of Mali.
400
Zimbabwe was constructed by Arab Muslims
What is false?
400
Sudanic states were most affected by Islam due to importance of trade routes. there was also military and trade contact with sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the affect geography had on the spread of Islam?
500
His arm was iron Stateliness of a Lion Eyes were live coals Voice of Authority
Who was Sundiata?
500
A moral code and a supreme God.
What is not a belief of traditional African religions.
500
Sunni Ali
Who created the Songhay Empire.
500
What is a cupcake
An educational supplement.
500
Society was tribal and clan centered. Bantu was the common language Nature Dieaties
What is the common elements of African society before the incursion of Islam.
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