Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Facts
Facts
100

A way of trading without words.

Silent barter

100

First leader of Mali that started Islam as religion.

Mansa Musa

100

The main capital cities of the Empire of Songhai.

What is Gao?

100

What was the name of the tribe that eventually settled in Ghana?

Senegal.

100

Mansa Musa introduced the religion of Islam to Mali making it one of the first Muslim states in Northern Africa.

Religion of Islam

200

A new group in individuals in North Africa that were Muslims.

Soinke

200

A general rise of prices.

Inflation

200

First king of Songhai empire from 1464 to 1492.

Who was Sunni Ali

200

Prince of Songhai

Sunni Ali

200

Salt was more valuabe than gold because when people would trade in the desert they would use the salt to hydrate themselfs.

Value of salt and gold

300

A way to travel across the Saharan desert to Europe the North.

Trans-Saharan Trade

300

Also known as "The Lion King"

Sundiata

300

Songhai ruler, made Islam the main religion and made the gold and salt trade under his control.

Askia Muhammed

300

The Lion King.

Who is Sundiata?

300

A Devout Muslim

What was Askia Muhammad?

400

A group of Muslims that lived in northern Africa in the 11th century.

Almoravids

400

Greatest traveler of all time.

IbnBattuta

400

The funds or revenue of a government, corporation, and a insitution.

What is treasury

400

Ghana would become a leading force in the trans-Saharan trade network.

Saharan Trade Network

400

He incorporated the laws into his justice system.

Mansa Musa Laws

500

Cause to change inform, character or function.

Convert

500

Having or Showing deep religous feelings or commitment.

Devout

500

This involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.

Alantic Slave Trade

500

Became a blend of Traditional West African beliefs and the religion of Islam.

Songhai culture