African History
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- Benin
- a kingdom of the forest with gold, copper and iron and was skilled in art
- Onis
- the leaders of Ile-Ife
- King Lalibela
- built lots of churches in the kingdom of Lalibela
- Mansa Musa
- a power king of mali in the 1300's
- Ghana
- the first african kingdom to be based on the wealth of the salt and gold trade 400-1000
- Songhai
- a kingdom of west africa who gained wealth from controlling the trading city of tombouctou 1450-1600
- Obas
- the leaders of benin
- Great Zimbabwe
- had lots of gold, built stone walls around itself with no morter, was trying to be attacked by the portuguese
- Aksum
- a christian east african kingdom in present day ethiopia that was rich in ivory
- Ile-Ife
- a kingdom of the forest that created lots of sculptures 1000-1400
- King Ezana
- made the official religion of Aksum christianity
- Salt
- a very valuable resource that is found in west Africa
- Kilwa
- created a new language called swahili
- Mansa Musa's changes to mali
- he controlled the salt and gold trade, he expanded the empire, he made the religion islam, and he established trade with other countries
- Mali
- a rich kingdom in west africa 1200-1450
- Savanna
- an area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes