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Chapter 5
West Africa
term | definition |
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Clan | A set of kinship groups within a common ancestor |
Labor Specialization | The doing of specific types of work by trained or knowledgeable workers |
Griot | An official storyteller |
Vegetation Zone | A region that has certain types of plants |
Sahara | A large dessert in Northern Africa |
Savannah | A grassland in a tropical region |
Ghana | A region between the Sahara and the forests of southern West Africa |
Almoravids | A North African Islamic Dynasty |
Salt | A valuable resource produced and mined in North Africa |
Mali | A West African empire founded by the malinke people |
Sundiata | A leader of the malinke |
Timbuktu | A city in Mali that was a center of trade and culture |
Mansa Musa | A king of Mali who came to power in 1307 |
Songhai | A West African people whose leaders created a great empire after 1400 |
Askia Muhammad | A ruler of the songhai empire,who took power in 1493 |
Kinship | A connection among people by blood, marriage, or adoption |