AP Afam Test 1 Knowt

Dynasties

a line of hereditary rulers

Pharoahs

a ruler in ancient Egypt

Sahel

a stretch of semi-arid (dry with slight rain) land that cuts across the continent

Trans-saharan trade

a vast system of trade routes that connected North Africa with interior West Africa across the Sahara Desert; through this, commodities like gold, salt, and slaves were traded + the transmission of cultural ideas and religions

Sundiata / Sunjata

name of the founder and ruler of the Mali Empire in the 13th century

Mansa Musa

9th ruler of the Mali Empire, known for being one of the richest men in history and greatly expanding the Mali empire

Disapora

a community of people, or their descendnats, who have been scattered from their original homeland

Griot

a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa

Syncretism

an attempted fusion of different religions, cultures, or philosophies