Across
- 6. Kinship ties are passed through the father's family
- 7. Type of shell that decorated jewelry or was used as money
- 8. This group makes the major decisions for most villages
- 10. the king of israel that the Jews of Ethiopia claim is their ancestor
- 12. Port city of Axum Kingdom
- 13. Language and culture of East Africa, a combination of Arabic and African culture
- 14. a West African type of cloth woven from silk and cotton
- 15. Kinship ties are passed through the mother's family
Down
- 1. King in Ethiopia who built 11 churches
- 2. Traded from East African ports to Arabia, India, and the Mediterranean world
- 3. Religion of the Axumites
- 4. Common religion in Africa after 1000 AD
- 5. the possible Queen who ruled East Africa at the time that King Solomon ruled Israel and claimed ancestor of Ethiopian Jews
- 9. Winds that carried trade ships from Kilwa and Mombasa to India and Southeast Asia
- 11. professional storyteller and oral historian for African villages
