Islamic World and Africa

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Across
  1. 4. Merchants from the Middle East crossed the Sahara to trade salt for the gold of West Africa, Islam spread to W.Africa
  2. 6. barrier for Muslim merchants and West Africa, large desert of Africa
  3. 8. followed the new caliph, argued they can follow a leader who is like Muhammed
  4. 9. Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage to Mecca
  5. 12. Founder of Islam. Began a holy war against non-believers
  6. 14. center of Islamic learning and culture in West Africa
  7. 15. last of the West African Kingdoms, people were Muslims, traded with Europe and Asia
Down
  1. 1. follow only Mohammed's descendants
  2. 2. absorbed achievements of Greeks, Persians, Romans, Jews, and Byzantines. Excelled in geometry and algebra. Built palaces and mosques, more advance than Europe at the time, made images of flowers and geometric designs, excelled in medicine
  3. 3. wrote of the West African Kingdoms, much of what we know comes from his writings
  4. 5. Holy Book of Islam. God’s message spoken to Muhammad
  5. 7. successor to Mohammed
  6. 10. Founded by Muhammad, Monotheistic religion, Quran is holy book, Spread throughout the Middle East,Same god as Christians and Jews, God is Allah
  7. 11. leader of Mali, was a Muslim who visited Mecca, richest man in history
  8. 13. controlled the gold-salt trade, Mansa Musa was the leader, expanded Timbuktu
  9. 16. 1st of the West African Kingdoms, profited from taxing the gold-salt trade