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49 Cards in this Set
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efe
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hunting gathering society in Africa; home in Ituri Forest in Democratic Republic of Congo; rarely permanent homes, not many possessions
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lineage
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believe they are descenants of a common ancestor
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stateless society
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do not have centralized power
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Igbo
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southern Nigeria people lived in stateless society; similar to stateless societies in central Africa
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patrilineal
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ancestors and inheritance passes from father to son
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matrilineal
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ancestors and inheritance from mother's family; men usually still hold power
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age-set system
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young people in a region who were born during a certain time period; form close ties to people outside their lineage
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Maghrib
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Morocco, Algeria, libya, tunisia; north african mediterranean coast
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Berbers
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independent desert and mountain dwellers that converted to Islam; maintained identities; original inhabitants of N Africa; founded empires that united Magrib
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Ibn Yasin
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muslim scholar from morocco to return with berbers; led almoravids to spread islam through conquest
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almoravids
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strict religious brotherhood founded by yasin; took over morocco and founded marrakech
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ribat
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fortified monastery of almoravids
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all muravitun
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people of the ribat; almoravid
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marrakech
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in morocco; almoravid capital
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almohads
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seized power from almoravids
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ibn tumart
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almohads follow teachings of this person; critisized later almooravid rulers for moving away from traditional practice of islam after pilgrimage to mecca
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al mumin
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led the almohads to overthrow the almoravids
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soninke people
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farmed region in savanna where trade routes crossed; called ruler Ghana
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Ghana
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700s was a kingdoms where rulers grew rich by tazing traders trhough territory
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gold and salt
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two most important trade items; 2/3 of world's ______ came from W Africa's forests until 1350; sahara contains deposits of _______
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taghaza
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houses builit from salt blocks in this village in sahara
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animisn
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belief that spirtis living in animals and nature play an important role in life
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mande speaking people
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founded mali; south of ghana
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sundiata
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mali's first leader who crushed an unpopular leader; became mansa
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mansa
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mali emperor
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niani
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new capital of mali; center of commerce and trade
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mansa musa
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most famous holy man; doubled size of ghana empire; appointed govn who ruled fairly and efficiently
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timbuktu
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attracted muslim judges, doctors, religious leaders with universities and mosques
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ibn battuta
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native of tangiers, Morocco
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songhai
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people to the east that broke away from mali; extended territory to bend in niger river near gao
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gao
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capital of songhai
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sunni ali
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built songhai empire by conquest and aggressive leadership; took djenne
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askia muhammad
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decout muslim led revolt against sunni ali's son; ecellent administrator; appointed officaials to minister treasury, army, agriculture
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hausa
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named after language they spoke; kano, katsina, zazzau
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kano, katsina, zazzau
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hausa city-states
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yoruba
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all spoke common language; belonged to forests on southern edge of savanna; present day benin and sw nigeria
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ife and oyo
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two largest yoruba kingdoms
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benin
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southwest of Ife, near delta of Niger; forest dwellers
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oba
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benin ruler
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gwatto
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benin's port where portuguese trading ships sailed
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bantu people
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migrated agross africa to east coast
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swahili
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arabic blended with bantu language
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mogadishu and sofala
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manufactured cloth
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mombasa and malindi
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manufactured iron tools
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kilwa
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became the wealthiest powerful coastal city-state
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shona
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established great zimbabwe in SE africa whcih grew into empire built on gold trade; settled between zambezi and limpopo rivers near trade route linking gold with sofala
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great simbabwe
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established by shona in SE africa; great empire based on gold trade
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mutota
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left great zimbabwe to find a new source of salt according to shona tradition; founded new state to replace great z; used army to dominate northern shona people
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mwene mutapa
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conqueror or master pillager
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