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chapter 11

TermDefinition
savannas A grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall.
Sahara The largest desert in the world, covering almost all of North Africa.
cataract a waterfall or rapid type thing.
desertification A process by which fertile or semi-desert land becomes desert.
Bantu The root language of West Africa on which some early African migration patterns are based.
Nubia An ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa, called Kush,
Merroe Is the capital of the ancient kingdom of Nubia.
surplus an amount that is more than needed, excess.
commodity valuable product.
Ghana Is an early West African trading kingdom located in parts of present day Mauritania and Mali.
Sundiata Sundiata Keita was a puissant prince and founder of the Mali Empire. The famous Malian ruler Mansa Musa who made a pilgrimage to Mecca was his grandnephew.
Mali Is an medieval West African trading empire located in present day Mali.
Mansa Musa The greatest ruler of the Mali Empire that came to power in 1312
Songhai Medieval West African kingdom located in present-day Mali, Niger, and Nigeria
Axum is a trading center, and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia.
Adulis strategic trading port of the kingdom of Axum
Ethiopia ancient Greek term for Axumite Kingdom; present-day country in East Africa
King Lalibela Ethiopian king that came to power in thee 1200's
Swahili An East Africa culture that emerged about 1000 A.D.; also a Bantu-based language blending Arabic words and written in Arabic script.
Great Zimbabwe a powerful East African medieval trade center and city-state located in southeastern present-day Zimbabwe
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