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What were the two most valuable resources traded in Ghana |
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How did the Silent Barter system work |
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People would exchange goods without ever making contact |
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The king of Ghana when Ghana hit its highest potiental. |
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What did Ghanas' kings do with the money they raised from taxes |
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For the military or themselfs |
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Why did the rulers of Ghana not want everyone to have gold |
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So that only the king could hold a golden nugget. Subjects could hold gold dust |
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What group invaded Ghana in the late 1000's |
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A group of muslims called the Almoravids |
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How did overgrazing help cause the fall of Ghana |
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When areas of grass are torn up by cows, it exposes crops that are swept up by desert winds and farmers can't sell any of there goods. |
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The ruler of Mali when they rose to power. |
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How did Sundiata turn Mali into an empire |
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By creating an army against a king who treated Mali vary badly |
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What became the main launguage of government, trade, and Islamic scholarship in West Africa. Why. |
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Arabic. So it could make Islam for famous in Africa. |
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How did Mansa Musa's journey change people's perceptions of Mali |
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That Mansa Musa wanted people to now that religon was important in Mali |
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How did Islam help turn Mali into a center of learnimg |
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Mansa Musa made scholers go to morroco to study the quran |
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What group invaded Mali in 1431 |
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The tyareg from the sahara |
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How did Mali's size lead to its fall |
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Because it was so hard to control |
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In what part of West Africa did Songhai begin |
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What did Sunni Ali accomplish |
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Streching Songhai's land and being the first ruler |
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What religon gained influence in Songhai under Askia the Great |
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How did contact with other cultures change Songhai's Empire in the 1590s |
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It helped with trading and agreculture |
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Which group of people invaded the Songhai Empire in the 1560s |
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A spoken record of past events |
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Why were griots and their stories important in West African society |
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African people were interested in the deeds of there ancestors |
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Name one writer who wrote about West Africa |
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al-Masudi,Abu Ubayd al-Bakri,Ibn Battutah,Leo Africanus |
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What were two forms of visual art popular in west africa |
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Is a hand woven brightly colored fabric |
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a short saying of wisdom or truth |
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