Across
- 2. Follow Ibn Tumart's teachings, the second Berber Muslim
- 4. Important trade routes shifting made them wealthy
- 7. Family members trace lineage through mothers
- 8. This kingdoms two largest cities were Oyo and Ife
- 10. a kingdom, that grew into an empire by gold trade, that was established by the Shona people
- 11. Named after the language that they spoke, briefly ruled by Songhai
- 12. Family members trace lineage through fathers
- 13. Mali's first great/powerful ruler, came to power by crushing an unpopular ruler
- 14. Empire that came after the mali, the city of Gao was their capital
- 17. Descendants of a common ancestor
- 18. expanded Songhai through military conquest
Down
- 1. The language created by Bantu and Arabic mixing
- 3. Devout muslim/mali leader, who greatly expanded mali
- 5. A traveler/historian who travelled for 27 years, visiting most of the Islamic countries
- 6. Societies without a centralized form of gov
- 9. Follow Ibn Yasid's teachings, called the people of the ribat
- 15. A kingdom that grew rich off of taxing the goods that were carried through their territory
- 16. Made their homes in the forest, traded with the Portuguese for pepper, ivory and leopard skins