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African civilizations & the spread of Islam

stateless societies
stateless societies

organized around kinshipsor other forms of obligation. lacking the concentration of political power
African civilizations & the spread of Islam

Ifriqiya
Ifriqiya

what the romans called Africa/ north-east Africa
African civilizations & the spread of Islam

Maghrib
Maghrib

Arab lands to the west of Ifrqiya
African civilizations & the spread of Islam

Almoravids
Almoravids

followers of a great political reformist movement in the 11th cent.
African civilizations & the spread of Islam

Copts
Copts

christians of Egypt
African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam

Sharia
Sharia

Islamic law
African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam

Zanj
Zanj

Arabic term for the east African coast
African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam

Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe

Bantu confederation between Zambezi and Limpopo rivers
African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam

Nok
Nok

village near the forests of central Nigeria.
African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam

Yoruba
Yoruba

spoke a non-bantu language of the west African Kwa family and identified themselves with neighbors
African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam

Benin
Benin

large city-state formed in the 14th cent. under Ewuare the great
African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam

Kongo
Kongo

formed in the 13th cent. on the lower Congo river