| Term | Definition |
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Almoravids |
Pious Muslims of North Africa |
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Sundiata |
Brilliant military leader that founded Mali |
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Mansa Musa |
Greatest emperor of Mali |
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Sonni Ali |
Solider King of Songhai |
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Askia Muhammad |
Emperor after Sonni Ali; made pilgrimage to Mecca |
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Amina |
Female ruler of the Hausa |
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Savanna |
Grassy plains |
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Desertification |
Climate change that devours cropland and changes it into desert |
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Bantu |
African root language |
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Meroe |
Capital of Nubia |
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St. Augustine |
Bishop of Hippo, a city near Carthrage; was a great Christian thinker |