Across
- 5. trace their ancestors through their mothers
- 6. claimed all of Zimbabwe with his army
- 9. strict religious brotherhood
- 12. no centralized system of power
- 14. group of people named after the language they spoke
- 15. part of North Africa, now the coast of Libya, Algeria, and Morocco
- 17. most famous Mali leader, Sundiata's grandnephew
Down
- 1. people spoke common language like the Hausa
- 2. greatest African kingdom
- 3. made homes in the forest, based claims to rule off of descent
- 4. referred to as the Soninke region, it was a kingdom
- 7. trace their ancestors through their fathers
- 8. descendants of a common ancestor
- 10. capital was Gao, and they gained control of all trade routes
- 11. Berber Muslim reformers, seized power from Almoravids
- 12. Mali's first great leader
- 13. traveler and historian who found out he could travel without crime
- 16. Bantu language
- 18. wealthy kingdom, founders were Mande-speaking people