Across
- 3. This enclave territory surrounding a British base was taken by Osei Bonsu and led to conflict and warfare in the 1820s
- 4. _____ Empire became the most organized empire in ancient West Africa and became rich because of their control over trade routes
- 6. _____ Expansion known as one of the most significant human migrations and cultural transformations in past few thousand years.
- 8. Acted as a royal palace for monarchs who used its circular wall as a seat of political power. People censored its original builders due to race.
- 10. A majority of people in Swahili were ______ which connected them to other Indian Ocean states
- 13. _____ Empire used armed cavalry to extend its empire to reach the African coast through Benin and access European trade.
- 14. Large family units with one member assigned to keep and tell stories from family's history.
- 15. ________ Commerce through the Sahara connected West African civilizations to North Africa and the Mediterranean
- 20. Ruled Songhai in 1464, taking over Timbuktu and capturing land formerly owned by the Mali empire
- 21. Led to military power, increased trade among African communities and Europe, and tech advancements in economy for the Bantus
- 22. Beat Sumanguru to bring Mali communities together and become a rich empire based on the trade of salt and gold after the Soso people took over trade routes.
- 24. Captial of Mali and supplied gold to the Mediterranean and Europe, which revealed sheer scale and sophistication of the empire. Underpinned medieval world's economic system.
- 27. Led troops to regain Asante's capital for one day, which led to the people realizing the inferiority of their military and communications.
- 28. A way of trading gold for salt where neither side of traders saw each other while trading
- 30. Songhai lost power to Morroco, but trade routes were still used until _____ made new routes along the coast to replace overland paths.
Down
- 1. West Africa's second-largest empire ever
- 2. Western branch of Bantus followed these rivers southward to reach Angola in 500BC
- 5. First great African empire of Western Sudan and were wealthy because they controlled gold trade in West Africa.
- 7. Started growing when getting involved in the Indian Ocean commerce by exporting gold, ivory, quartz, and sometimes slaves
- 9. You needed to pay one ____ to enter Ghana, and two to leave
- 11. Swahili civilization had a big distinction between the elite _______ and commoners.
- 12. _______ 1st, 1902 is when Asante was declared a British crown colony.
- 13. Asante struggled against neighboring states until ______ became king in the 1670s
- 16. Asante Empire was active in the slave trade and traded with Britain and the _____
- 17. Similar to ancient ______, Swahili cities had independent politics, their own government (King), and were in competition with other cities.
- 18. Settled along this river to protect city from raiders
- 19. Today, Soninke people are ____ or Christian but they used to believe in a higher power and everything had a spirit, good or evil. Many practiced rituals to keep spirits happy.
- 23. Peak was when empire was ____ times the size of England because Mali's economy thrived on exporting gold, salt, and slaves
- 25. Tried to change agencies of government to better accommodate the changed state. He could not restore imperial power even after reorganizing the military and increasing resources.
- 26. Took famous trip to Mecca and taught Islamic religion while using the army to keep peace. After his death, Mali was too big to control and was attacked by outsiders.
- 29. While silent bartering, salt was thought to be worth the same as ____