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APWorld Chpt 9 Vocab
Vocbulary terms for chapter 9.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stateless Societies | African societies organized around kinship or other froms of obligation and lacking the concentration of political power and authority associated with states. |
| Ifriqiya | the Arabic term for eastern North Africa |
| Maghrib | the Arabic word for western North Africa |
| Almohadis | A refromist movement among the Islamic Berbers of northern Africa; later than the Almoravids; penetrated into sub-Sahara Africa. |
| Juula | Malinke merchants; fromed small partnerships to carry out trade throughout Mali Empire; eventually spread throughout much of West Africa. |
| Sundiata | The "Lion Prince"; a member of the Keita clan; created a unified state that became the Mali Empire; died about 1260. |
| Griots | Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire. |
| Ibn Battura | Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records. |
| Timbuktu | Port city of Mali; located just off the flood plain on the great bend in teh NIger River; population of 50,000; contained a library and university. |
| Songhay | Successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of Niger valley; formed as independent kingdom under a Berber dynasty; capital at Gao; reached imperial status under Sunni Ali(r. 1464- 1492). |
| Muhammud the Great | Extended the boundaries of the Songhay Empire; Islmaic ruler of the mid-16th century. |
| Hausa | People of Northern Nigeria; formed states following the demise of Songhay Empire that combined Muslim and pagan traditions. |
| Sharia | Islamic law; defined among other things the patrilineal nature of Islamic inheritence. |
| Zenj | Arabic term for the East African coast |
| Benin | Powerful city-state (in present-day Nigeria) which came into contact with the Portuguese in 1485 but remained relatively free of European influence; important commercial and political entity until the 19th century. |
| Demography | the study of population |
| Demographic Transition | Shift to low birth rate, low infant death rate, stable population; frist emerged in Western Europe and United States in late 19th century. |
| Kongo | Kingdom, based on agriculture, fromed on lower Kongo River by late 15th century; capital at Mbanza Kongo; ruled by hereditary monarchy. |
| Great Zimbabwe | Bantu confederation of Shona- speaking peoples located between Zambezi and Limpopo rivers; developed after 9th century; featured royal courts built of stone; created centralized state by 15 th century; king took title of Mwene Mutapa. |
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