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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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