AP World Topic 1.5

Kin Based Networks

A form of government where government is not centralized and families govern themselves instead.

Swahili

The result of East African traders blending Bantu and Arabic to develop a new language.

Zanj Revolution

A series of revolts by the enslaved East Africans and some Arab workers.

Trans-Saharan Trade

A network of trading routes across the Great Desert. (Saharan Desert)

Indian Ocean Trade

Trade that connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia.

Indian Ocean Slave Trade

The trade between the Middle East and East Africa that stemmed from high demand for enslaved workers in the Middle East.

Great Zimbabwe

The capital city of Zimbabwe that was surrounded by massive wall of stone.

Chief

A male head of the Kin based network who meditated conflicts and dealt with neighboring groups.

Hausa Kingdoms

The seven states in what is now Nigeria formed by peoples of the Hausa ethnic group.

Ghana

The kingdom that was nestled between the Saharan Desert and the tropical rain forests of the West African Coast.

Mali

The trading society that rose in place of the Ghanaian state which had been weakened.

Zimbabwe

One of the most powerful of all the East African Kingdoms situated between Zambezi and Limpopo rivers and Mozambique.

Ethiopia

Where the kingdom of Axum developed.