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Ch.10
Term | Definition |
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Sahel | A semiarid strip of land across the center of Africa that divides the Sahara from wetter areas |
Savanna | open grassland |
Griots | Professional West African storytellers |
Nok | One of the earliest African peoples to make iron tools(500 BC-AD 200), the Nok lived in what is today Nigeria |
Bantu | A family of closely related African languages; one of any of the African peoples who speak that language |
Ezana | Aksumite ruler; he destroyed the Kush capital of Meroƫ and took over the kingdom of Kush around AD 320 |
Ge'ez | An ancient Afro-Asiatic language; it still used today as liturgical language in the Ethiopian Coptic Church |
Lalibela | Ethiopian ruler from about 1200 to 1250; he is known for building large stone christian churches, many of which are still standing today |
Swahii | An African society that emerged in the late 1100s along the East African coast and combined elements of African, Asian, and Islamic culturess |
Sundiata | Founder and ruler of Mali; he organized an army and defeated the other kingdoms of west Africa |
Mansa Musa | Leader of Mali who held power from 1307 to 1332; he conquered the kingdom of Songhai. He expanded trade, supported the arts, and promoted Islam |
Sunni Ali | Leadership of a military leader; Ali's first act as leader was to take Timbuktu from the Tuareg. |
Askia Muhammad | Songhai's first Muslim ruler as well |