The Rise of African Civilization
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danceshikha on October 12, 2010
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Swahili | English |
|---|---|
| plateau |  an area of high flat land |
| ghana | country in West Africa on Gulf of Guinea |
| mali | republic in northwestern Africa |
| griots | storyteller |
| Sundiata Keita | " Lion Prince" |
| Timbuktu | trading city of Muslim learning in West Africa |
| Mansa Musa | strong king that Mali began a slow decline to his death |
| Sunni Ali | leader of Songhair |
| Axum | city state that owed its strength to its location on Red Sea |
| dhows | an Arab sailboat |
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