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Ghana

Ghana

kingdom that existed from the 700s to the 1000s in the region between the Sahara and the forests of southern West Africa

Almoravids

Almoravids

North African Islamic dynasty in the 1000s and 1100s that tried to forcibly convert neighboring peoples

Mali

Mali

West African empire established by the Malinke people between the 1200s and 1300s

Sundiata

Sundiata

ruler of the Malinke people in the 1200s who greatly expanded Mali's empire

Timbuktu

Timbuktu

city of Mali, developed by Sundiata in the 1200s as a center for trade and culture

Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa

leader of the Mali empire from 1312 to 1332

Songhai

Songhai

West African people whose leaders built a giant empire in the 1400s and 1500s

Askia Muhammad

Askia Muhammad

ruler of the Songhai empire from 1493 to 1528 who expanded the empire

trans-Saharan

trans-Saharan

across the Sahara