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1
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Egyptians to cultivated what?

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wheat and barley and herd goats, sheep, pigs, and cattle in an otherwise desolate region.

2
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During the Post-Empire period (1100-30 BCE). Egypt fell prey to a series of ?

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outside invaders—Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Arabs

3
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Who were the Kush?

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an independent kingdom established by Nubians, which had it’s capital at Kerma on the upper Nile River.

4
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What became the first Christian sub-state?

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Axum had become the first Christian state in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Axum is Located where?

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Axum is Located in what is today Ethiopia, and emerged as a nation during the first century BCE.

6
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Early West African farmers grew what?

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millet, rice, and sorghum while tending herds of cattle and goats.

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The first known kingdom in the western Sudan, founded by the Soninke People were?

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Ancient Ghana

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Ghana’s main source of wealth was?

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trade and the key to this trade was the Asian camel.

9
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The Soninke people used camels because?

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The Soninke people used camels because they could endure large journeys with small amounts of water.

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Ghana received what from North Africa?

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silk, glass beads, horses, cotton, and salt

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Ghana exported what?

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pepper, slaves, and gold.

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What were the indigenous people of western North Africa known as?

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Berbers

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what made mali’s population grow to eight million (8,000,000)

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Sundiata gained control of the gold mines of Wangara which made his empire wealthier than Ghana

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Mali’s most important trade center became?

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Timbuktu (because of it’s location beside the Niger River. )

15
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Timbuktu became a place for Islamic learning and a major trading hub when?

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in the thirteenth century.

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The Mali empire reached its peak under the control of who?

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Mansa Musa (1312- 1337)

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What is Mansa Musa known for?

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In 1324 Musa went on a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of mecca in Arabia with a group of sixty-thousand followers.

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What Caused Mali’s decline?

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After Musa’s death Mali declined and the city of Timbuktu was captured by the Songhai.