Across
- 1. the part of North Africa today that is the Mediterranean coast of Lybya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
- 4. a traveler and historian
- 6. Mali's first great leader
- 9. trace ancestors through fathers
- 11. Grew into an empire based on gold trade
- 13. A kingdom whose rulers grew rich by taxing goods carried through territory
- 15. all spoke a common language
- 16. may have been Sundiata's nephew
- 18. Arabic blended with Bantu language
Down
- 2. Islamic reformers who overthrew Almoravids
- 3. made their homes in the forest
- 5. Islamic religious brotherhood that established an empire in North Africa and southern Spain
- 6. did not have a centralized system of power
- 7. Gao was the capital of their empire
- 8. a group of people named after the language they spoke
- 10. descedents of a common ancestor
- 12. trace ancestors through mothers
- 14. A southern africa empire established by the Mutota
- 17. Founders were Mande-speaking people