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African civilizations & the spread of Islam
stateless societies |
stateless societies
organized around kinshipsor other forms of obligation. lacking the concentration of political power |
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African civilizations & the spread of Islam
Ifriqiya |
Ifriqiya
what the romans called Africa/ north-east Africa |
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African civilizations & the spread of Islam
Maghrib |
Maghrib
Arab lands to the west of Ifrqiya |
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African civilizations & the spread of Islam
Almoravids |
Almoravids
followers of a great political reformist movement in the 11th cent. |
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African civilizations & the spread of Islam
Copts |
Copts
christians of Egypt |
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African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam
Sharia |
Sharia
Islamic law |
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African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam
Zanj |
Zanj
Arabic term for the east African coast |
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African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam
Great Zimbabwe |
Great Zimbabwe
Bantu confederation between Zambezi and Limpopo rivers |
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African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam
Nok |
Nok
village near the forests of central Nigeria. |
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African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam
Yoruba |
Yoruba
spoke a non-bantu language of the west African Kwa family and identified themselves with neighbors |
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African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam
Benin |
Benin
large city-state formed in the 14th cent. under Ewuare the great |
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African Civilizations & the Spread of Islam
Kongo |
Kongo
formed in the 13th cent. on the lower Congo river |