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| 2nd largest conintinent 5000 miles long |
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| Locate East, its a grassland with large animal population |
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| 4 Climate zones in Africa |
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Mild Climate
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Rain forest
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| Broad areas of grasslands |
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| 3 places with widespread famine |
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| egypt controlled nubia until what? |
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| 1000 bc when it became an independent state kush |
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| First african civilizations |
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| This group conquered egypt in 750 BC but was driven out by assyrians in 663 BC |
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| Made iron tools and weapons |
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| In 4th century BC the kush was conquered by who? |
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| In 330 AD this king converted to christianity and made it the official religion of axum |
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| North africa was conquered by who in 700 AD |
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| Arab forces conquered what african state in 641 AD? |
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| This new religion was bout to africa |
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| Why did axum began to compete with kush? |
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Azam begam as a colony of Arabs and combined African culture and Arabs where?
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| These were used for religous worship |
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| Nok of Nigeria made what? |
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| This was a way to pass information down to the young |
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| Located in the Niger River valley |
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| Which kings ruled without law |
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| Ostrich feathers. ivory. hides and slaves |
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| This type of trade was used by muslim merchants |
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| Nomadic people from North Africa who were also muslim traders |
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| Ghana was conquered in 1240 by who? |
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| Ghanas economy was based on what? |
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| This African king ruled from 1312 to 1337 and was incredibly rich. He gave away lots of gold |
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| Began along the Niger River |
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| This king conquered Timbuktu giving Songhai control of the same trade as Ghan and Mali |
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| Extended families comined into what? |
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| through this young african were traced through the mother |
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| Substance farmers who traveled in small communities |
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| A mix of African and Arab Culture |
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| What are stateless sociaties? |
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| Groups of independent villages or clans led by local villages |
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| Located near the Zambezi river |
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| This was a city wall 800ft long 17ft thick and 32 ft high |
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| The Yoruba from Nigeria believed what? |
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| They believed that the Creator god sent his son to earth to make humans |
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| This was brought to the americas by slaves |
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| Why were rituals important? |
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| They were used as a way to communicate with the gods |
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| These people believed thaat each lesser god had a purpose |
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| Special class in sociaty that performed rituals |
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| Animism was the belief of what? |
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| Belief that there is no desperation between the spiritual and physical |
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| These were held by the kings to hear the peoples complaints |
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