Chapter 15 African Kingdoms and Empires
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aksum | Located in present day Ethiopia, An important east african center of trade |
| Bantu Speaking People | they migrated from the north to the southern tip of Africa to find new places to live and new ways to farm and find food |
| Swahili | a mixed African-Arabic culture that developed along the east coast of Africa; also, the major language used in that area, combining Bantu with Arabic words and phrases |
| lineage | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline, descent; ancestry |
| Yoruba | these people also spoke a common language and originally belonged to a number of small city-states in the forests on in what is today Benin and Nigeria. |
| stateless societies | these did not have a centralized system of power. Authority was balanced among lineages of equal power so that no one family had too much control. The Igbo were an example of this type. |
| ambergris | whale intestines, used in making perfume |
| patrilineal | Inheritance passed from fathers to sons |
| matrilineal | Inheritance passed from mothers to sons |
| ibn | when it occurs in a name, it means "son of" (i.e. Muhammad ibn 'Abdallāh) |
| Maghrib | the part of North Africa that is today the Mediterranean coast of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and Morocco |
| Almoravids | 11th century Muslim reformers founded this empire, its members came from a Berber group living in the western Sahara, , Abd Allah Ibn Yasin's teachings soon attracted followers and founded a strict religious brotherhood. He led them in an effort to spread Islam and after his death they went to take Morocco where they founded Marrakech which became their capital, they also overran Ghana, and southern parts of Spain |
| Almohads | Islamic group that overthrew the Moors in the 12th century |
| age set system | young people in a region born during certain time period, go through different life stages |
| Marrakech | The northern African capital of Islam,founded by Almoravids |
| conversion | a change of religion, usually by choice |
| Moors | the group of Muslims from North Africa who conquered Spain in the eighth century. Nickname for the Almoravids |
| ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. |
| Mutapa | this Empire would conquer all what is now Zimbabwe except the eastern portion. This Empire was able to mine gold deposited in nearby rivers and streams. The Portuguese tried and failed to conquer this empire. |
| Great Zimbabwe | in southeastern Africa the Shona people established this city which grew into an empire built on the gold trade. By 1450, this city was mysteriously abandoned. |
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