5 terms

Swahili	English
Mansa Musa	ruler of Mali who made a pilgrimage to Mecca-converted to Islam
Ibn Battuta	N. African traveler/historian - wrote in detail about his journeys through Islamic Africa (1300s)
Ghana	the first W. African kingdom based on the gold and salt trade
Timbuktu	Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning
Mali	Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.

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