Ghana Empire
Ancient Ghana built their empire on the trading of these two goods
What is Gold & Salt
Why was Timbuktu a successful location for trade?
it was north of the niger river, the trade routes, and other natural resources
This river was essential to Songhai’s trade and agriculture.
What is the Niger River
Merchants traveling in a group is called what
What are caravans
A storyteller who kept history alive.
What is griot.
Name one reason the kingdom of Ancient Ghana declined
Changes in climate and and conflicts with neighboring Muslim groups; defeated by the Susu.
Name two reasons why the people of Ancient Mali needed salt
What is to preserve their food and to replace the salt they lose by sweating
Name two factors that led to the growth of the Songhai Empire
Sunni Ali took control of the Niger River and important trade routes.
How did the Trans-Saharan trade route impact Ghana's culture and religion
Islam was spread
gold, salt, enslaved people were traded - made the empire very wealthy.
Name two impacts Mansa Musa's made a pilgrimage had on the Mali Empire.
Made the Mali empire famous
Spread Islam
Brought islamic scholars to mali - built universities and mosques
art and architecure were brought back
The Term for King in Ghana
Emperor
Ancient Mali welcomed Muslim traders and adopted this religion that the traders practiced
What is Islam
This Songhai ruler “entered Timbuktu, committed gross iniquity, burned and destroyed the town, and brutally tortured many people there.” The capture of a number of trading cities, such as Timbuktu, helped establish this leaders conquests.
Who is Sunni Ali
Name the major ocean to the west of the west african kingdoms
Atlantic Ocean
Where did the North Africans mine the salt they would trade.
North Africa in the Sahara desert
Ghana grew rich by doing what to all the goods that passed through their trade routes
What is taxing
Ancient Mali became extremely wealthy due to this trade route
What is the Trans Saharan Trade Routes that crisscrossed west and north Africa. It heavily taxed goods, such as gold and salt, that passed through the empire. As a result, the Mali Empire grew wealthy.
The role of Askia Muhammad in Songhai’s rise to power was..
What is to expand the Songahi empire, strengthen military, spread education/ Islam?
City that was the center of Ghana's economical and political power.
Djenne
Which West African kingdom was home to Mansa Musa and Sundiata?
What is the Mali Empire
The people in Ghana were most likely the first to produce this product to help them make weapons and protect their territory.
What is iron
Timbuktu was a cosmopolitan center for what two things
What is trading and learning. This city was a busy market place where people came from all over world to trade goods and/or learn at the Islamic University
What physical feature was south of the Songhai Empire
Gulf of Guinea
How did Askia Muhammad improve trade in Songhai?
he introduced a system of weights and measures.
This is one of the only animals that can travel and work in the harsh climate of the desert.
What are camels