Africa Cross Word

3. a city established in southeastern Africa by the Shona people
6. a language that blends Arabic and Bantu languages
8. a group of people named after the language they spoke and broke from Mali
9. a ceremony where families displayed their rank and prosperity
12. an empire that had conquered most of what is present day Zimbabwe
13. Mali’s first great leader
16. In a _________ society, children trace their ancestors through their mothers
17. a Muslim traveler and historian
20. a group of people who broke off the the south of Mali

1. Members of a ________ society trace their ancestors through their fathers
2. African societies, lineage groups took the place of rulers
4. a kingdom near the delta of the Niger River
5. Muslims ruled Egypt and had entered the ________, the part of North Africa that is today the Mediterranean coast of Libya
7. a kingdom with rich rulers who taxed the goods traded in their territory
10. African societies, families are organized in groups called
11. most famous ruler of Mali from 1312 to 1332
14. Ibn Yasin’s teachings soon attracted followers, and he founded a strict religious brotherhood, known as the _______
15. a kingdom founded in 1235 by Mande-speaking people
18. a group of Berber muslim reformers
19. the people who broke off from Mali is the East