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honors vocab 1.5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Animism | The belief that everything has a spirit |
| Zanj Rebellion | when many Arab workers started a series of revolts. It was one of the most successful slave revolts in history. |
| Chief | Head of a kin-based network mediated conflicts and dealt with neighboring groups. |
| Ethiopia | kingdom in east Africa known for their unique form of Christianity. |
| Kin-based networks | where families governed themselves |
| Indian ocean trade | connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia |
| Ghana | Nestled between the Sahara and the tropical rain forests of the West African coast. The rulers sold gold and ivory to Muslim traders in exchange for salt, copper, cloth, and tools. |
| Griots | Storytellers who told stories of Sundiata and Mansu Musa |
| Swahili | in east Africa traders blended Bantu and Arabic to develop a new language |
| Great Zimbabwe | a massive wall of stone surrounding Zimbabwe's capital city. |
| Zimbabwe | Situated between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers built its prosperity on a mixture of agriculture, grazing, trade, and above all gold |
| Indian ocean slave trade | happened because of a strong demand in the Middle east for enslaved workers it took place between East Africa and the Middle East. |
| Mali | The most powerful trading society that arose after the Ghanaian state their founding ruler Sundiata was Muslim |
| Trans-Saharan trade | a network of trading routes across the great desert |
| Hausa kingdoms | Seven states in what is now Nigeria they had no centralized government. |