Vocabulary I
a group of people who travel together
caravan
a person who serves as a go-between in an exchange involving two other parties
intermediary
migrated throughout sub-Saharan Africa bringing knowledge of farming and iron working
Speakers of the Bantu language
He traveled for 29 years and 75,000 miles.
Ibn Battuta
This country had a monopoly over gold trade
Ghana
a group of descendants from a common ancestor
lineage
a West African storyteller who relates stories through the oral tradition
griot
Arabic and Amharic belong to this family of languages
Afrasian
The 3 main trade items of Mali
gold, salt, and slaves
This empire stretched from the West Atlantic coast to the upper Niger River
Mali empire
an area of lush tropical grasslands
savanna
a semidesert region south of the Sahara
sahel
a man with many children and wealth who often became a leader of a clan
A "great man"
They began as enslaved Turkish soldiers who later gained their freedom.
Mamlucks
This town is home to 11 monolithic churches, each formed from a single large block of stone
Lalibela
sole control over something; the complete and exclusive control of an industry by one company
monopoly
a West African king
mansa
These people lived in small villages in West Africa around the year 300.
Sonike
he ruled Mali from 1307-1332
Mansa Musa
This church was built by an Ethiopian king
St. George's Church
an early type ship that carried trade goods across the Indian Ocean.
dhow
a group of overland trade routes that carried goods between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa
trans-Saharan trade network
The capital of the Stone Kingdom of the Shona people
Great Zimbabwe
he wrote a Geographical Historie of Africa
Leo Africanus
In the 12th century, merchants exchanged equal weights of gold and salt in this city
Timbuktu