Cornell Notes for U3S1


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Sunni Ali

• Leader of Songhai
• Built the largest empire in West Africa

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Plateau

an area of high flat land

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griot

storytellers

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dhow

sailboat that allowed Arab traders to sail to Africa

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• Niger River in west Africa
• Rich shoal
• Rise to several civilizations
• Merchants and travelers spread goods and ideas

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Bantu

• Began wandering throughout Africa
• Called themselves Bantu meaning “the people”
• Bantu settle most of Africa

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In 400 BC, North African people called the Berbers found a way across Sahara to West Africa and began trade

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• For traders to meet, they had to pass through Ghana
• Passage require a fee that made Ghana rich

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In 1200s, kingdom of Mali conquered what was left of Ghana

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• When Europeans arrived, traders from Benin and Kongo met ships
• These traders also traded captives taken in war

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