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African Geograhpy

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African Geography
varies greatly, and includes deserts, savannas and rain forests
Savanna
broad grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs
Adaptation
adjustment or changes made to be successful in certain environmental conditions
Djenne-Djeno
a city founded in West Africa between 600 and 200 B.C.; this is the oldest known city in Africa south of the Sahara; iron tools found here show that inhabitants had ironworking technology
Swahili
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
Bantu Migrations
movement of people from the area south of the Sahara around southern Africa; this movement started around 3000 B.C. and lasted until about 1100 A.D.
Great Zimbabwe
city and empire established by the Shona people in southeastern Africa
Griot
a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people's history
Aksum
an African kingdom, in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea, that reached the height of its power in the fourth century A.D.
Ghana
a West African kingdom that grew rich from taxing and controlling trade and that established an empire in the 9th to 11th centuries A.D.
Gold and Salt Trade
trade in West Africa named for the two primary items being exchanged
Mali
a West African empire that flourished from 1235 to the 1400s and grew rich from trade
Mansa Musa
Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.
Timbuktu
Center of learning for the Mali; well known for the University of Timbuktu
Songhai
a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591
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