African civilizations
Which group of people opened trade between North Africa and West Africa once the camels were introduced?
A child's education in Africa was responsability of whom?
Their family and the rest of the community village
The first great trading empire in West Africa
Ghana
Islam believes in which creator God?
In believing in only one God, the religion is considered _______
Allah, monotheist
Group of nomad herders that lived in the Arabian peninsula's desert
Bedouin
Name of the sailboats that were introduced by Arab merchants in Africa?
Dhows
Which group of nomadic people travelled through waterways in the East, West and South of Africa spreading their culture and language?
The Bantu people
Kingdom set in East Africa near the Red Sea that fought constantly with the kingdom of Kush
Axum
Name of the holy city of Islam and of the holy site that is there
Makkah and the Kaaba
Why were Muslim merchants so sucessful?
Because they spread the Arabic language making it the offical language for trade and because they introduced the coin of buying and selling
What type of government did Ghana, Mali and Songhai have?
Strong central control government
What is the name of the culture and language that is a blend of African and Muslim cultures?
Swahili
Largest kingdom of West Africa
Songhai
Name of the last and greatest prophet of Islam
Muhammad
Muslim social groups were divided by what?
Power and wealth
What important event did Mansa Musa do during his reign that spread Islam and established him as one of the wealthiest men in the world?
The pilgrimage to Mecca
What was the earliest African art form?
Rock paintings
Which European country was the first to start the European slave trade of Africans?
Portugal
Name of the holy book of Islam
Quran
What are the two schools of science and math that Muslim scholars invented?
Algebra and Chemistry
An important city in West Africa that was a center of trade and a place of learning of Islam
Timbuktu
What did dance rituals in Africa celebrate?
Stages in life of the community
How did the Arab Empire end?
When the Mongols invaded the city of Baghdad, burned it and killed many people
After Muhammad's death, Muslims were divided into which 2 types of groups?
Sunni and Shia muslims
What are two contributions Muslim doctors made for medicine?
Muslim doctors discovered blood circulates to and from the heart, they diagnosed diseases, they had to take a test to practice medicine, they would share their findings, and they created the first medical schools and pharmacies