Islam/Africa
the holy book of Islam
What is the Qur'ran?
title of the highest Islamic leader
What is caliph?
means to make an effort or to struggle
What is jihad?
religion based on messages Muhammad claimed to receive from God
group of traders that travel together
What is caravan?
dense, wet forests near the equator
What are rain forests?
journey to a sacred place
What is a pilgrimage?
a building for Muslim prayer
What is a mosque?
collection of actions or sayings by Muhammad
What is Sunnah?
five acts of worship required of all Muslims
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
What are Sunni?
the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees and other natural objects have spirits
What is animism?
a spoken record of past events
What is oral history?
What are Shia?
slave boys converted to Islam and trained as soldiers
Who are Janissaries?
strip of land in West Africa that divides the desert from wetter areas
What is Sahel?
West African storytellers responsible for reciting oral history
What are griots?
a process in which people exchange goods without ever contacting each other directly
What is silent barter?
Ottoman ruler who defeated the Byzantine Empire
Who is Mehmed II?
Ottoman ruler who led the empire to its heights
Who is Suleyman I?
first leader of Songhai, the last of the great West African empires
Who is Sunni Ali?
ruler that led the Mali Empire's rise to power
Who is Sundiata?
Ghana's king who ruled the empire at the height of its power
Who is Tunka Manin?
Muslim ruler who led Songhai to the height of its power
Who is Askia the Great?
Muslim king who ruled the Mali Empire at the height of its power and spread Islam through a large part of Africa
Who is Mansa Musa?