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African Kingdoms
Term | Definition |
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caravan | group of traveling traders |
Niger | important river in West Africa where Ghana & Mali were established. |
import | product brought into a country |
export | product sent out of a country |
Mosque | a building for Muslim prayer |
Islam | religion with the belief in one god, Allah |
Ghana | kingdom of West Africa who became wealthy by providing protection along the Saharan trade routes |
Mansa Musa | leader of west Africa known for spreading Islam and giving away gold on his pilgrimage |
pilgrimage | a trip for religious reasons |
Muslim | the name for a person who follows the Islam religion. |
griot | a west African storyteller |
Kush | kingdom of East Africa just below Egypt |