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Ghana |
kingdom that existed from the 700s to the 1000s in the region between the Sahara and the forests of southern West Africa |
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Almoravids |
North African Islamic dynasty in the 1000s and 1100s that tried to forcibly convert neighboring peoples |
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Mali |
West African empire established by the Malinke people between the 1200s and 1300s |
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Sundiata |
ruler of the Malinke people in the 1200s who greatly expanded Mali's empire |
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Timbuktu |
city of Mali, developed by Sundiata in the 1200s as a center for trade and culture |
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Mansa Musa |
leader of the Mali empire from 1312 to 1332 |
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Songhai |
West African people whose leaders built a giant empire in the 1400s and 1500s |
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Askia Muhammad |
ruler of the Songhai empire from 1493 to 1528 who expanded the empire |
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trans-Saharan |
across the Sahara |