A Vast and Varied Land
Largest desert in world
Sahara
Trae began with these people
Berbers
Valuable goods
Commodities
Mud built mosque was built here
Djenne'
Settled in Nigeria
Nok
Ghana formed in this type of region
Grassland suitable for agriculture
Lush tropical grasslands
Savanna
Travelling in groups
Caravan
Rare supply
Scarcity
This city was known for its muslim art and learning
Timbuktu
Made tools from this material
Iron
Ghana was located midway between these two sources of African trade
Salt and Gold
This process caused the desert to exist
Desertification
300 AD the introduction of this helped trade across the desert
Camels
They started the slave trade
Muslims
Reason for muslims to go to Africa
Driven out of Arabian peninsula
Developed this technology to extract iron from rock
Smelting
Ghana's king made their money this way
Taxing salt and other goods that entered and departed
Sahara is approximately the same size as this entire country
The United States including Hawaii and Alaska
They used cities for staging areas for trade with Spain
(think purple)
Phoenicians
Used to preserve meat
Salt
This trade expanded when the Arabs invaded North Africa and West Africa
Trans-saharan
Nok artists made thes fire-baked clay masks
Ghana's kings strictly controlled the flow of this commodity
Gold
Three mountain ranges in the Sahara
Atlas, Ahaggar and Tibesti
This is how a Berber home is constructed
Lower floor a stable, owners occupy the floor above.
Salt assist the body in these ways name three
Hydration, circulation, muscle contractions, and digestion
These two founded Berber dynasties in northwestern Africa
Almoravids and Almohads
This is the reason for the Nok downfall
Deforestation, overuse of soil made it infertile
This played a major role in the development of trade and civilization in West Africa
Land of Gold