AP World History Chapter Nineteen Terms – Flashcards
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Stateless Societies
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term relating to societies such as those of Sub-Saharan Africa after the Bantu migrations that featured decentralized rule through family and kinship groups instead of strongly centralized hierarchies
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Sundiata
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''the lion prince''; found of the Mali empire (1230-1255), also the inspiration for the Sundiata, an African literary and mythological work
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Mali
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West African kingdom found in the thirteenth century by Sundiata; it reach its peak during the reign of Mansa Musa
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Mansa Musa
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Sundiata's grand nephew (reigned 1312-1337); ruled during the high point of empire; made pilgrammage to Mecca in 1324-1325 and after strongly promoted Islam
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Swahili
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Arabic term meaning "coasters" referring to those who engaged in trade along the east African coast
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Swahili City States
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East African city state society that dominated the coast from Mogadishu to Kilwa and was active in trade
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Kingdom of Kongo
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Central African state that began trading with the Portuguese around 1500; although their kings, such as King Alfonso the First, converted to Christianity, they nevertheless suffered from slave trade
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Ghana
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Kingdom in west Africa during the 5th through thirteenth century whose rulers eventually converted to Islam; its power and wealth was based on dominating trans-Saharan trade
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Qadi
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Islamic judges
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Zimbabwe
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the dwelling of a chief/ wooden residences
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The Great Zimbabwe
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a magnificent stone complex near Nyanda; massive of stone towers, palaces, and public building that served as a capital of a large kingdom
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Ibn Battua
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Moroccan jurist who traveled thorughout much of the eastern hemisphere and wrote of his travels
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Zanj
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black slaves from the Swahili coast
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Zanj Revolt
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after a series of failed revolts in about 869 a slaved named Ali bin Muhammad led a force of 15,000 to capture Basra; ended by government in 883
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Diviners
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religious specialists: men (occasionally women) who clearly understood the networks of political, social, economic, and psychological relationships within their communities; people would consult them with their troubles
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Axum
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African kingdom centered in Ethiopoia that became an early and lasting center of Coptic Christianity
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Kebra Negast
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(The Glory of the Kings) a fictional work about kings David and Salomon's lineage which became popular among Rastafarians recently
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Griots
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story tellers; orally passed down history of the Bantu people
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Animism
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Faqih
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