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

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

A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed; spread to West Africa through trade

Muslims of Spain

An early ancestor of humans

Were part of West Africa's earliest-known culture

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

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

Peninsula in southwestern Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal

The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around.

Egypt, Old Kingdom (c. 2500 BCE)

leader of the expedition to San Miguel de Guadalape