The World
This is the belief in one god
Monotheism
This empire was the earliest of the three: Ghana, Mali, or Songhai.
What is Ghana?
Mansa Musa was the ruler of this empire.
What is Mali?
This valuable metal came from West Africa.
What is gold?
These were religious wars over Jerusalem.
Crusades
This is the belief in many gods
Polytheism
This empire became wealthy after Ghana declined.
What is Mali?
Mansa Musa became famous for this journey.
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca?
This resource was traded and used to preserve food.
What is salt?
This deadly disease spread along trade routes.
Black Death
This city became a major center of learning in Mali.
What is Timbuktu?
This empire was known for its strong army and later control of trade.
What is Songhai?
This religion spread through trade in West Africa.
Answer: What is Islam?
These animals were used to transport goods across the desert.
What are camels?
This leader created the Mongol Empire.
Genghis Khan
What are the name of the seasonal winds that are found in India?
Monsoons
These empires became powerful mainly because they controlled this type of trade.
What is the gold-salt trade?
Mansa Musa built these in cities like Timbuktu.
What are mosques?
Kings became rich by collecting this from traders.
What are taxes?
This period allowed safe trade under Mongol rule.
Pax Mongolica
Scarcity
All three empires grew wealthy because they taxed merchants using these.
What are trade routes?
This was a major effect of Islam in Mali.
This was a major effect of Islam in Mali.
This system helped connect different regions through buying and selling goods.
trade network?
Trade routes like this helped spread goods AND disease.
Silk Road