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chapter 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| savanna | the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south. |
| griots | a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa. |
| nok | early african society that practice working on iron |
| bantu | a language a number of groups in africa spoke and where most of the languages they speak originated from |
| sahel | Strip of land in north-central Africa that divides desert from wetter forests |
| ezana | the king who brought Aksum to its height, defeated rival kingdom of Kush |
| ge´ez | written and spoken language of Aksum |
| lalibela | Famous Zagwe king, had 11 stone Christian churches built |
| swahili | blended cultures and languages of Arabs, Asians and Africans |
| sundiata | the founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes |
| mansa musa | king of the Mali Empire, expanded the territory and population of Mali. He was extremely wealthy, by the taxing gold-salt trade. He was Muslim, and the first African king that historians know completed a pilgrimage to Mecca. |
| sunni ali | powerful king who made Songhai rise |
| askia muhammad | king that that made Songhai go to its cultural height |
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