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Almoravids: pious muslims of North Africa, launched a campaign to spread their form of Islam
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Amina: ruler of city state of Zaria; conquered Kano and expanded the boundary of Zaria as far as the Niger River; hausa came to dominate many Saharan trade routes
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Askia Muhammad: emperor set up a muslim dynasty; expanded territory of Songhai and improved government; set up bureaucracy with departments for farming, army, and treasury.
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Bantu: West African people's root language
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Ezana: king that conquered and absorbed the ancient Nile kingdom of Nubia
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Falasha: ethiopian jews who survived in the mountains of ethiopia
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Geez: unique written and spoken language [links btw king Ezana]
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Great Zimbabwe: great stone buildings, it's where massive stone ruins are
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Khoisan People: adapted to the harsh conditions of the Kalahari desert by gathering roots and hunting small game
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Kongo: kingdom that illistrates one form of government organization in Africa consists of many villages, districts, and provinces
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Lalibela: king who under him Christian monks built a number of remarkable churches
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Meroe: new Nubian capital commanded both the North & South Nile route and East and West route from Red Sea into Savanna and North Africa; rich in iron ore
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Piankhi: Nubian king who conquered Egypt
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Queen of Sheeba: 1st empress and she spent 6 months at Solomon's court, gathering knowledge to bring back to her people
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Sonni Ali: soldier-king used his powerful army to forge the largest state that had ever existed in West Africa; brought trade routes and wealthy cities to his control
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St. Augustine: most influential Christian thinker of late Roman empire; bishop of Hippo
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Sundiata: Sumanguru's brother, who appeared sickly, but survived and recruited an army. defeated his brother; found of Mali; great hero
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Swahili: language that fused many arabic words onto a bantu base and was written in arabic script
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Taharqa: king who was determined to turn the old mudbrick into a monument; commanded Nile Valley from Nubia to Mediterranean