This large desert covers most of Northern Africa

This person was a Mali leader who ruled with a council of kings

Axum built these stone pillars over the graves of rulers.

This language is the most common in Africa.

This new type of tools led to an increase in food and population

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai are gone, but they left this behind.

In Axum, merchants and traders spread this religion.

Society in West Africa was focused on kinship or this instead of kings and rulers.

Ghana declined for multiple reasons, including overpopulation, food shortages, and an over reliance on this.

Timbuktu was successful with trade and business, or this type of economy.

People in Swahili lived in multi-stories stone houses, nicknamed this.

This type of history was passed down by stories, folk tales, and sayings.

Salt and gold were the main items traded along these trade routes.

Mansa Musa brought too much gold to this place and messed up the economy.

Societies were centered around water, like the largest river in Africa.

This type of drumming involved multiple rhythms at once.

A system Ghana used where jobs and skills were separated based on families

Mansa Musa took 12,000 people on this to Mecca.

This society weakened in the 600s due to economic problems.

These are the two main religions in Africa.