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| a connection amoung people bt blood marriege or adoption. |
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| a group of people related by blood or marriege. |
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| an offical storyteller in an african civilization. |
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| the doing of specific types of work by trained or knowledgeable workers. |
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| a region that, because of its soil and climate, has distinctive types of plants. |
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| a large desert of northern africa, stretching from the atlantic coast to the nile valley. |
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| a flat grassland with few trees, in a tropical rgion. |
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| a region between the sahara and forests of southern west africa, which was home to many ancient cultures. |
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| a west african empire established by the malinke people. |
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| a north african islamic dynasty that tired to forcibly convert neighboring peoples, including those of morocco, spain, and ghana |
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| the ruler of the songhai empire from a.d. 1493 to 1528 who expanded the empire and organized its government. |
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| an anciet ruler of the mallinke people, who captured the capitcal of ghana and greatly expanded the empire. |
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| a city of central mali in west africa, which was founded in the 13th century and was a center of trade and culture. |
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| an emperor of mali who made a famous pilgrimage to mecca in A.D. 250 and 900 |
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| a west african leaders who created a great empire in the 15th and 16th century A.D. |
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