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| Nubia | a geographic region of Africa, between Egypt and the what it today the middle of Sudan |
| Meroe | the capital of Kush during its second period |
| Smelting | the heating of ore to separate the elements it contains |
| Aksum | an ancient African kingdom in present day Ethopia and Eritea around the Horn of Africa |
| Horn of Africa | an area of eastern African (Somalia) shaped like the horn of a rhino) |
| Terrace | an area of land with hills or mountains that is leveled for farming |
| Animism | the belief that everything has a soul |
| Griot | African storytellers and oral historians |
| Nok | early West African people who worked with iron |
| Bantu | several peoples who spoke similar languages and who spread throughout southern Africa |
| Migration | a movement from one region to another |
| Boundary | a border or line where something ends |
| Herd | to tend or watch over sheep, cattle, or other grazing animals |
| Intermarried | married to a member of another group |
| Ironsmith | a person who who makes things out of iron |
| Legend | a story handed down from earlier times |
| Mine | to gather rocks or minerals from below ground |
| Navigate | to guide the course of a ship or aircraft |
| Network | a connected system, such as crisscrossing routes |
| Official | someone who holds a position of authority |
| Kush | a kingdom in Nubia |
