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Savannah |
A coastal Georgia city is separated from South Carolina by the Savannah river |
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Plateau |
An area of relativity level high ground |
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Sahara Desert |
The Sahara is the largest hot detest in the world |
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Bantu |
Used as general label for the 300-600 ethnic groups in Africa |
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Swahili |
Also know as Kiswahili is a Banti language |
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Subsistence Farming |
Self- sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their family |
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Mansa Musa |
An empire of Mali empire during the 14th century |
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Ghana |
A country west of Africa,with it's southern coast line bordering the Atlantic Ocean |
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Mali |
Landlocked country in West Africa |
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Zimbabwe |
A landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscape and diverse wildlife |
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Timbuktu |
Historical and still inhabited city in he nation of Mali |
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Mohammed |
Considered by Muslims to be the last messenger and prophet so by by God to guide humanity |
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Askia |
Emperor. Military commander, and political reformer of the Songhai Empire |
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Sonni Ali |
The first king of the Songhai Empire |
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Oral Tradition |
Information passed down through the generations by word of mouth not written |
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Good and Salt Trade |
Camel Caravans from North Africa carried bars of salt as well as cloth, tobacco and metal tools across the Sahara Desert to trading centers |
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Trans- Saharan |
Requires travel across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the north African coast Europe ,to the Levant |
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Sub-Saharan |
Area f the continent of Africa that lies South of the Sahara Desert |
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Songhai |
State that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16 the century |
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Sahel |
Eco climatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the both and Sudanian Savanna to the South |
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Indian Ocean |
the third largest ocean into the world |
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Diviner |
Of,from,or like God or a god |
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Lineage |
Lineal descent from an ancestor ; ancestry or pedigree |
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Griot |
A member of a class of travelling poets, musicians,and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history parts of Africa |
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Ibn Battuta |
Was a medieval Moroccan musician traveler and scholar,who is widely recognized as one of the greatest travelers of all time |
