Across
- 5. Fertile soil left over after a river floods
- 7. Religion that is spread through Cultural Diffusion
- 9. Major body of water in the fertile crescent, North of Egypt
- 14. When a religious ruler is in control of the government
- 15. Similar to Cuneiform
- 16. First kingdom in West Africa
- 20. Holy place of Islam
- 21. Desert Vast area in North Africa, known for extreme heat and drought
- 22. Man who spread Islam throughout Africa, Leader of Mali
- 24. River that flows north, in Egypt
Down
- 1. Spreading of ideas/customs through interaction
- 2. What made Ghana, Mali, Songhai so prosperous
- 3. People that Migrated starting near the Niger River and moved East
- 4. Famous architecture in Egypt, bodies are laid to rest here
- 6. Body of water on the east side of Egypt
- 8. Egyptian act of preserving bodies for the afterlife
- 10. East African Kingdom, converted to Christianity, in modern day Ethiopia
- 11. Largest kingdom in West Africa
- 12. Belief in many gods
- 13. NE Africa, home to the Pharaohs
- 17. Nubians Revolted against Egypt and renamed their kingdom this
- 18. Ruler of Egypt, also considered godly
- 19. Home to Mansa Musa, took over Ghana
- 23. Used in a caravan across the Sahara Desert, does not need much water