The clear but puzzling cultural unity that existed despite the large size of the African continent

Communal vs. Convergent cities

Uniqueness of a city (Paris, or London) vs. the similar trading cities of the world (Islamic and Chinese cities)

Islamic state of northern India

Diasporic Communities

Communities where people introduced their own cultural traditions into the indigenous culture

South of the Sahara in the Western Sudan

Inland from the coastal cities was a powerful state on the plateau south of the Zambezi River, with a capital city known as Great Zimbabwe

To the East of the Niger River, this state became powerful around the 15th century

Muslim traveler who visited many areas of the tropics and beyond in his journeys between 1325 and 1354

Kingdom in Western Africa that came after Ghana and became even bigger than Ghana

Sundiata's grand-nephew who ruled from 1312-1337

Italian man who visited China in the late 13th century

Located in the middle areas of the Niger River valley

Society that has no hierarchy of officials but instead relies on kinship relations or other forms of personl obligations for order.

Legendary "Lion-King" who conquered all others in the mid 13th century to found the kingdom of Mali

Another center of Islamization in the east coast that shared the same Swahilian language

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Tropical Africa/Asia

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Term	Definition
Africanity	The clear but puzzling cultural unity that existed despite the large size of the African continent
Communal vs. Convergent cities	Uniqueness of a city (Paris, or London) vs. the similar trading cities of the world (Islamic and Chinese cities)
Delhi Sultanate	Islamic state of northern India
Diasporic Communities	Communities where people 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, with a capital city known as Great Zimbabwe
Griots	Master storytellers
Hausa	To the East of the Niger River, this state became powerful around the 15th century
Ibn Battuta	Muslim traveler who visited many areas of the tropics and beyond in his journeys between 1325 and 1354
Mali	Kingdom in Western Africa that came after Ghana and became even bigger than Ghana
Mansa Musa	Sundiata's grand-nephew who ruled from 1312-1337
Marco Polo	Italian man who visited China in the late 13th century
Monsoons	Alternating Winds
Songhay	Located in the middle areas of the Niger River valley
Stateless Society	Society that has no hierarchy of officials but instead relies on kinship relations or other forms of personl obligations for order.
Sundiata	Legendary "Lion-King" who conquered all others in the mid 13th century to found the kingdom of Mali
Swahili Coast	Another center of Islamization in the east coast that shared the same Swahilian language

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