Islam, Africa, and The Byzantine

4. This religion helped connect Mali to the Trans Saharan trade network
6. Political and religious leader; successor of Muhammad
11. Emperor of the Byzantines who standardized laws, reconquered Roman land, and built the Hagia Sophia
13. Faith, prayer, zakat (charity tax), Hajj (pilgrimage), fasting
16. Prophet of Islam, it's founder
17. Richest man in all of history, converted to Islam, controlled Gold/Salt
19. The surviving Roman Empire with it's capital at Constantinople
20. Islamic law
22. A healer, in pre Islamic Africa he would cure you
23. Christianity in Eastern Europe
24. Prince who chose Orthodox Christianity which brought more trade to Russia
25. This Ocean becomes the biggest water trade network of this time

1. Rich kingdom of W. Africa, founded by Sundiata the Lion Prince
2. The mix of Bantu and Arabic culture
3. Islamic holy book
5. Split caused by icons and other religious ritual differences
7. Without a formal government (pre Islamic Africa)
8. This animal was crucial to the Trans Saharan trade system
9. In W. Europe liturgy was in Latin, in the East, this
10. Located on the Bosporous Strait, very important trade city, connects Asia and Europe
12. The empire that conquered the Byzantines in 1453
14. The largest social class, backbone to the Byzantine economy and military
15. Conquered Spain, N. Africa, Middle East, and India by the 800's
18. Created by Cyril and Methodius, this helped convert E Europe to Christianity
21. Pre Islamic nomadic herders. Fighters and traders