Medieval Africa

2. Located in western Africa, made up of 7 independent city-states each with their own king. Famous for the leather goods they produced.
4. In addition to gold, this was the most important good traded on the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
5. Religion first spread to North Africa through conquest and trade starting the late 600s CE.
6. City whose economy Mansa Musa broke by spending so much gold
10. Located in western Africa, its capital was Koumbi Saleh. Ruled by a king and traded items such as gold, ivory, ostrich feathers etc.
11. Allowed more goods to be transported across the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes.
12. Located in eastern Africa, frequently allied with the Byzantine Empire. Practiced Christianity and created their own writing system called Ge'ez.
14. Trade route that stretched from western to eastern Africa across the Sahara desert.

1. Located in southern Africa, traded with the Swahili City-States, China, and Persia. The king may have had religious and political power.
3. Located on the east coast of Africa and made up of independent cities. These cities became were home to a wealthy Muslim merchant class. Participated heavily in the Indian Ocean Trade Networks.
7. Storytellers from sub-Saharan Africa who were responsible for preserving their people's history.
8. City where Mansa Musa established a university and a mosque that brought many Muslim scholars to Mali
9. Ruler of the Mali Empire, one of the wealthiest people to have ever lived
13. Language family made up of over 500 languages that spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa as a result of a thousand year gradual migration.