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14 Cards in this Set
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This island was colonized by Malaysian traders from about 300 to 500 CE
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Madagascar
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These two kingdoms produced magnificent bronze and clay sculptures
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Ife and Benin
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This large lake is the source of the White Nile
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Lake Victoria
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One of the most prosperous of the central African states which participated in the trade network for copper, raffia cloth, etc.
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Kongo
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____ and ____ were located at the end of several caravan routes across the Sahara that offered access to the Niger river Valley
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Gao and Timbuktu
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The capital of the Kingdom of Ghana was
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Koumbi-Saleh
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As a devout muslim, Mansa Musa would make a pilgrimage to
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Mecca
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The southernmost Swahili trading center was
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Sofala
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Refers to the dwelling of a chief
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Zimbabwe
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One of the busiest city states on the east african coast; in 1331 it was visited by the Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta who reported that Muslim scholars there consulted regularly with the local ruler
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Mogadishu
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The magnificent stone complex where kings controlled the trade between the African interiaor and the east coast
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Great Zimbabwe
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Christian kings of ____, located in ______, converted in order to trade with Egypt
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Axum, Ethiopia
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the principal center of Islamic education and scholarship in the Mali empire
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Jenne-Jeno
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Sundiata's capital city
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Niani
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