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

they farmed in western africas savanna, they calles their ruler ghana (war chief)

The first female ancestor shared by all living humans, who was identified by analysis of mitochondrial DNA.

grown by the ancient Egyptians around the Nile

the place where Dorantes and Estevan landed and began their exploration in the New World

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

African enslaved person who went on an expedition in search of the seven cities of gold.

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

modern humans

Ruler of the Songhai empire from 1493 to 1528 who expanded the empire and organized its government

Muslims of Spain

leader of the expedition to San Miguel de Guadalape