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Reaches from the Gulf of Guinea to the Sahara Desert and from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad. Many powerful empires were located in West Africa.

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Timbuktu is an ancient city in the country of Mali on the African continent.  To get to work, I have to go all the way out to Timbuktu.

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The exchange of goods and services by sale or barter. In class, Ally and I decided to Trade pencils.

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Was a great trading state within the Mali.  In the late 1300s, the Songhai Empire gained their independence from the declining Mali Empire.

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The world’s largest desert.  There is barely any rain in the Sahara Desert.

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The lifestyle of people who live a mobile, or wandering, existence. My family moves around a lot so we are considered Nomadic.

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The main river of West Africa is the Niger River, which is thought to have received its name from the Greeks. The Niger River begins on the eastern side of the Guinea highlands.

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The belief in the existence of one God, or in the oneness of God.  Monotheism contrasts with polytheism and atheism.

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An early Emperor of Mali, the largest country in West Africa.  Sundiata was Mansa Musa's grandfather.

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The belief in many gods. Many cultures believe in Polytheism because they believe in many gods.

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Was the most powerful of all the empires in West Africa from the 1200s to 1550.  The Mali Empires first emperor was Sundiata.

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Is an plain in southern Africa that covers 1,000 miles from north to south and 600 miles from east to west.  A friend and I took a walk through the Kalahari desert.

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During the 600s and 800s the empire flourished.  The Soninke ruled the Ghana Empire.

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A law that is passed to prohibit trade with a particular nation or nations.  Nations around the world have used Embargoes for different reasons at different times

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A group of people traveling together across the deserts of Asia and North Africa.  The people in the Caravan might have been merchants banding together for safety.

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Means native to or coming from a particular region.  I am Indigenous to America.

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The descendants of the original inhabitants of North Africa.  To this day, the Berbers still live in Africa.

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Bantu is a subgroup Niger-Congo language family.  When the Bantu migrated, the spread their language through Africa.

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Massively multiplayer online role-playing game