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Chapter 9
Definitions.
Term | Definition |
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Africanity | A clear but puzzling cultural unity that existed despite the large size of the African continent. |
Communal vs convergent cities. | Communal emphasizes the uniqueness of cities as they represent and convergent cities places where many people of different ethnics come together and to trade goods. |
Stateless society | A common form of social organization in Africa during and after the Bantu migrations. |
Ghana | By the 8th century the state of Ghana was expanding gold from west Africa for salts or dates from dates from the Sahara or for goods from the Mediterranean coastal area. |
Mali | Grew to dominate the area. |
Songhay | Songhay later followed in Mali foot steps. |
Hausa | Kane's born u came to be powerful during the 15 th century. |
Sundials | The legendary lion king who conquered all others in the mid 13th century to flounder the kingdom of Mali. |
Griots | Master story tellers who advised kings and used their tales to pass down important traditions from generation to generation. |
Mansa musa | Who ruled from 1312 to 1337 most famously on his pilgrimage to Mecca mansa formed a huge caravan of soldiers servants and slaves with camels carrying satchels of gold. |
Swahili coast | Another trade and Islamization was devoting at the same time along the east coast giving the area the name Swahili coast. |
Great Zimbabwe | A powerful state on the plateau south of the Zambezi river.great Zimbabwe was the capital. |
Delhi sultanate | An Islamic state ruled northern India at least in name from 1206 to 1526 |
Diaspora communities | Arab traders brought there religion to this place.and people from all over the Indian basin came to settle here. |
Marco Polo. | A young Italian who visited China in the late 13 century and returned to Europe to write a journal of his travels. |
Ibmn battuta | The most famous traveler who visited many areas of the tropics and beyond in his journey between 1325 and 1354 |