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1324-1325
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca
Trans-Saharan trade
Route across the Sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels played a huge role in the trading
Ibn Battuta
[1304-1369 CE] Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period.
Ghana
First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast due to it's large gold and salt trade.
Sundiata
The "Lion Prince"; a member of the Keita clan; created a unified state that became the Mali Empire; died about 1260
Mali
The kingdom in West Africa that followed the Kingdom of Ghana; its wealth is also based on trans-Saharan trade; this kingdom encouraged the spread of Islam.
Mansa Musa
Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.
Songhai
A West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591
Bantu Migrations
Farmers and herders who migrated to southern Africa and spread language and skills - 1000 BCE to 1000 CE
Indian Ocean Trade
World's richest maritime trading network that was essential for the prosperity of East Africa
Swahili city-states
City coasts that actively participated in Indian Ocean trade along the East coast of the African continent
Dhows
Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design
Lateen sails
A triangular sail attached to a short mast
Junk
A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel.
Great Zimbabwe
A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast; flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E.
Monsoon winds
The seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter. (in India and nearby lands) the season during which the southwest monsoon blows, commonly marked by heavy rains; rainy season. any wind that changes directions with the seasons
