A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

traded with the people of West Africa, bringing clothing, iron, guns, and manufactured goods and taking back gold, ivory, spices, and slaves.

Formed in 1240 when Sundiata took control of Ghana Empire. It controlled trade across Sahara, the South and the Niger River.

Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.

A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims

Peninsula in southwestern Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal

an important mineral that was traded by West African empires. It is needed to preserve food and replace the salt from human bodies when they sweat

Capital of Songhai

the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times

Were part of West Africa's earliest-known culture

called the old stone age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were concerned with food supply; they used stone as well as bone tools; they wer...

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leader of the expedition to San Miguel de Guadalape