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Key Content/Core Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| artifacts | an item left by an earlier culture |
| Jenne-Jeno | an ancient West African city built along the Niger River |
| Niger River | the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times |
| Nok | a people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered iron working; present day Nigeria |
| Sahara | a large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles |
| Sahel | a zone of semi desert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow; know as "the shore of the desert |
| savanna | a vegetation zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season |
| smelting | the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it |
| tribute | payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission; a kind of tax paid in goods or services |