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Word | Definitions |
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Africanity | Central important in ritual beliefs to most groups. |
Communal vs. convergent cities | Cities with all having unique characteristics but also sharing commonalities. |
Delhi sultanate | ____________ was the Hindu kingdoms in northern India, which was established into a Islamic state. |
Diasporic communities | Where they introduced their own cultural traditions into the indigenous culture. |
Ghana | South of the Sahara in the western Sudan. |
Great Zimbabwe | Inland from the coastal cities was a powerful state on the plateau south of the Zambezi river. |
Griots | Advised kings and used their tales to pass down important traditions from generation to generation. |
Hausa | ___________ and kanem bornu came to be powerful during the 15th century. |
IIbn battuta | Studied Islamic laws and Arabic literature. |
Mali | Dominated area between 13th and 15th century. |
Mansa musa | Ruled from 1312 to 1337. |
Marco polo | Was captured by soldiers from the rival trade city Genoa. |
Monsoons | The tropical areas around the Indian ocean have wet and dry seasons that are influenced heavily by alternating winds. |
Songhay | Dominated in 15th and 16th century, lived in the middle areas of the Niger river valley. |
Stateless society | A common form of social organization in Africa during and after the Bantu migrations. |
Sundiata | The legendary "Lion-King" who conquered all others in the mid 13th century. |
Swahili coast | Center of trade and Islamization was developing at the same time along the east coast of arfica in several trade centers. |