| A | B |
|---|
| "Dark Continent" | Europeans called Africa this |
| Ancient Egypt | the earliest "African" civilization |
| Axum/Aksum | located in Ethiopia - this civilization traded with Asia: India |
| Benin | the forest kingdom, known for "woodcarvings" & sculpture |
| Ghana | a west African civlization - it survived on trade in salt & gold |
| Great Zimbabwe | southern African civilization - stone buildings |
| Kush | a civilization south of Egypt - it had "female" monarchs/rulers |
| Mali & Timbuktu | an Empire & capital in west Africa: center of Islamic learning |
| Mansa Musa | King of Mali: made a hadj/hajj (Islamic pilgrimage across the Sahara to Mecca |
| nomadic | someone who wanders around the desert |
| Songhai | civilization located south of Egypt - Islamic legal system |
| monarch | a ruler |
