Vocabulary
These family units were in turn combined into larger communities known as..
lineage groups.
Villages south of the sahara for captives.
Lineage was based more on who ?
Lineage was based on the mother rather than the father
African religious beliefs were challenged, byt not always replaced, by the arrival of...
Islam
In the upper Niger River valley.
what is a plateu ?
a relatively high, flat land area.
What happened by the 1400's ?
Both boys and girls in the Congo were raised by their mothers until the age of 6.
They learned how to take care of the home and to work in the fields.
By when did much of the population south of the sarah had accepted Islam ?
By the end of the 1400's
When did Ghana collapse and how ?
Weakened by wars, it collapsed during the 1100s
Savanas exist where ?
south and north of the rain forest.
When they turned 6, where did the boys and girls go ?
The boys went to "the house of the men" and the girls went to "the house of the women"
Ritual ceremonies were dedicated to who ?
They were dedicated to our ancestors.
In the beginning of the 4th century, Christianity had been adopted by who ?
By the rulers of the state of Axum.
Most of the people in the kingdom of Mali were farmers, They lived in villages with local rulers who served as both..
Religious and administrative leaders.
what is a diviner ?
a person who is believed to have the power to foretell events.
They were valued for their work and for having children. They often worked in the fields while men hunted.
Rituals were usually carried out by a special class of...
Diviners.
Sometimes, the creator god was joined by a group of what ?
Lesser gods.
In 1009 a ruler mamed Kossi converted to Islam and established what ?
Dia Dynasty
Tracing the lineage through the father..
What did metalworkers produce in the 13th and 14th centuries ?
handsome bronze and iron statues at IFE.
The Ashanti people of Ghana believed in the supreme being called...
Nyame
Most African societies shared some common religious ideas, including a belief in what ?
Who helped Songhai expand ?
Sunni Ali