North and West Africa Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Lush tropical grasslands
  2. 4. The animal normally chosen to cross the Sahara desert
  3. 5. City that science, arts and literature grew at
  4. 8. Large groups traveling together for safety
  5. 10. About 500 A.D. this village became one of the first great trading states in West Africa
  6. 11. Most valuable products such as gold and salt
  7. 13. Tribe from Nigeria that created tools out of iron
  8. 14. Another name for a King
Down
  1. 1. Fire baked clay (add a "-" in between the letters to make it fit)
  2. 3. Once fertile soil becomes dried and unproductive is a process called
  3. 6. Small supply
  4. 7. Empire of wealth on gold
  5. 9. A metal found in rocks
  6. 10. Class of special storytellers relating stories to the village, families and kings.
  7. 12. The religion many began to convert to and learn from