African Kingdoms
The oldest of these three kingdoms; Kush, Mali, or Songhai?
Kush (1000 BC-150 AD)
The instrument that uses the stars to estimate location on Earth.
Astrolabe
The religious building of Islam
Mosque
The name for Islamic style of art that included many patterns and lacked living figures.
Arabesque
Islamic traveler that is credited for writing down a great amount of African History.
Ibn Battuta
This kingdom in Southeastern Africa was more a collection of city-states with a shared language and culture
Swahili (City-States)
Islamic historian that argued civilizations go through a cycle of birth, growth, and decay.
Ibn-Khaldun
The two major sections of Islam
Sunni & Shia (Shi'ite)
The culture where kings and rulers were more prone to listening to the complaints and suggestions of the people.
African
The ability for families to trace back to a common ancestor.
Lineage Group
This empire popularized trading gold for salt and would eventually be overthrown by Sundiata Keita.
Ghana
The book that contains short-stories such as Aladdin and the magic lamp.
Arabian Nights (1001 Nights)
The first leader of Islam after the death of Muhammed.
Abu Bakr
The three cultures that influence Islamic architecture
Arab, Persian, & Turkish
The kingdom that contained a mixture of Arab and African culture and followed Christianity.
Axum (Aksum)
Mansa Musa ruled this empire from 1312 to 1337.
Mali
The system of mathematics that was developed in the Arab Empire.
Algebra
General Mu’āwyah was the first Caliph of this dynasty and relocated the capital to Damascus.
Umayyad Dynasty
The expectation that women were to cover their bodies in public comes from this ancient culture.
Arabic Culture
Also known as the "usurper" among the people of Songhai
Muhammed Ture
This kingdom was created from a civil war within the empire of Mali
Songhai
Islamic Scientist and Philosopher that wrote an encyclopedia mainly on contagious diseases.
Ibn Sina
This dynasty is considered the Golden Age of Islam, where trade, research, and knowledge all flourished.
Abbasid Dynasty
The nomadic group from North Africa that were well known for trading across the Sahara desert.
Berbers
Questioning women's roles, traversing the Sahara Desert, and rejection of spirituality within Africa
Difficulties with Islam