African Civilizations

3. a language and cultural group that lived on the East Coast of Africa
5. boats used to trade across the Indian Ocean and along the east coast of Africa
7. Aksumite king who converted to Christianity
8. influenced many civilizations in Africa including Aksum, Mali and the Swahili city states
10. the southernmost and most prosperous city state
12. weather system that helped Arab merchants sail to the east coast of Africa
13. a cultural center of the Mali Empire
15. this civilization owned no gold or salt mines, but controlled the trade of both
16. stone structures in Aksum on which history was written
18. a group of cities and surrounding areas that were governed independently
19. Mansa Musa traveled here during his hajj and gave generously to the people
21. storyteller and historian that kept African history orally
23. dry grasslands where most of the population of Africa lives
25. stone structures discovered from Great Zimbabwe
26. most rituals in the animist tradition are not individual, but are practiced this way

1. trade routes that connected North Africa to West African Empires
2. both swahili merchants and Great Zimbabwe functioned as these in the global trade network
4. King Lalibela commissioned the carving of these out of living rock in his kingdom
6. priests that facilitate contact with the dead
9. the founder of the Mali Empire
11. an important commodity that was mined in the Sahara Desert
14. most African history was kept this way
16. technique used by West African empires to control the trade of gold and salt
17. physical feature that makes up 1/3 of Africa's continent and hosts hot temperatures and a dry climate
20. a Moroccan traveler who visited Mali and the Swahili city states and wrote about them
22. one reason that African history has been obscured for so long
24. traditional African religion that focuses on nature and ancestors