Across
- 4. took advantage of monsoons for overseas trade
- 6. empire ruled by mansa musa
- 7. empire with trade based in art sculptures/carvings
- 10. farming and agriculture, savannah/semi-desert
- 12. east african kingdom that rose to power around the first century C.E.
- 14. giant wall built by zimbabwe people to protect area
- 16. southeastern africa, land later taken over by the mutapa
- 18. emperor of Songhai who conquered west africa
- 19. 2nd largest desert in the world
- 21. combination of the bantu language and arabic words
- 22. ethiopian empire that transitioned to christianity
- 23. took over what was once aksum
- 24. Muhammad rule was known as the golden age, reopened trade after it fell during Mali empire
- 25. 1st african empire to trade with europe, based in agriculture
Down
- 1. strong sea currents, utilized for trade
- 2. empire in west africa that specialized in trading salt and taxing goods
- 3. central africa along the equator
- 5. ruled during 1200s, built 11 stone churches
- 8. empire based in agriculture (cattle and leather goods), also invented blue dye
- 9. 1st written language in africa, language of Aksum
- 11. empire that lived along the niger river, conquered west africa
- 13. edges of central africa, prime pasture
- 15. king of the malinke people
- 17. most valuable and respected king, expanded his empire
- 20. reign began around 320 C.E., greatly improved the region’s power and size
- 22. northern and southern edges of the sahara desert, semi desert