Across
- 2. Lush tropical grasslands
- 4. The animal normally chosen to cross the Sahara desert
- 5. City that science, arts and literature grew at
- 8. Large groups traveling together for safety
- 10. About 500 A.D. this village became one of the first great trading states in West Africa
- 11. Most valuable products such as gold and salt
- 13. Tribe from Nigeria that created tools out of iron
- 14. Another name for a King
Down
- 1. Fire baked clay (add a "-" in between the letters to make it fit)
- 3. Once fertile soil becomes dried and unproductive is a process called
- 6. Small supply
- 7. Empire of wealth on gold
- 9. A metal found in rocks
- 10. Class of special storytellers relating stories to the village, families and kings.
- 12. The religion many began to convert to and learn from