lesson 16

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Across
  1. 2. a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
  2. 3. a family line traced through the mother
  3. 6. a white crystalline substance that gives seawater its characteristic taste
  4. 7. a medieval civilization and empire in West Africa
  5. 10. a braid
  6. 12. a short knife with a pointed and edged blade
  7. 13. an animal's set of ancestors
  8. 14. a brave or experienced soldier or fighter.
  9. 15. the new empire
  10. 16. long shirts
  11. 18. a person or group of people hired to escort and protect another person
  12. 19. an excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals
Down
  1. 1. trade trade between peoples north and south of the Sahara
  2. 4. where their wealth came from
  3. 5. the process in which a liquid, such as water, turns into a gas
  4. 7. a yellow precious metal
  5. 8. a weapon with a long shaft and a pointed tip
  6. 9. a compulsory contribution to state revenue
  7. 11. a village built with salt
  8. 17. a red-brown metal