1. AFRICA’S GOVERNMENT & RELIGION _____________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________ CENTRAL AUTHORITY (RELATIONSHIPS) KING & MERCHANTS = TAXES & FAVOR LOCAL RULERS SOME AUTHORITY 4 LOYALTY RESULT = KINGDOMS GROW WEALTHY & LARGER

2. GHANA KING HAS COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (ADVISERS) KINGDOM DIVIDED INTO PROVINCES TRADE =_______________________________________ GOLD : ONLY KING COULD OWN NUGGETS PEOPLE TRADE ONLY GOLD DUST “______________________________________________ ______________________________________________” KINGDOM INHERITED BY SON OF KING’S SISTER

3. MALI FOUNDER = SUNDIATA / MANSA MUSA (KING) MALI LARGER THAN GHANA: POPULATION / TERRITORY / TRADE __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ MANSA MUSA: REWARDS OF GOLD /LAND / HORSES = (LOYALTY) HEROES = BIG TROUSERS PG. 462

4. MANSA MUSA (Mali) BUILT MOSQUES (SUPPORTED ISLAM) BUILT LIBRARIES (TIMBUKTU) WORLD OF BOOKS MECCA (1324) = __________________/1000’S SLAVES/ GOLD MANSA MUSA BRINGS BACK TO MALI THE FINEST __________________________________________- - (HELP SPREAD ISLAM W. AFRICA)

5. SONGHAI SUNNI ALI - __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ MUHAMMAD TURE TAKES NAME ASKIA MUHAMMAD (KING) GAINS SUPPORT & KICKS SUNNI ALI’S FAMILY OUT ASKIA MUHAMMAD BUILT LARGEST EMPIRE IN WEST AFRICA FORCED LOCAL COURTS TO HONOR MUSLIM LAW TIMBUKTU = CENTER ON ISLAMIC CULTURE ( 150 SCHOOLS QURAN)

6. ISLAM’S IMPACT ON AFRICA __________________________________________________ MUSLIM FOLLOWERS ADOPTED ISLAMIC IDEAS OF R & W SOMETIMES CONFLICTING W/ TRADITIONAL AFRICAN WAYS ISLAM ADVANCED - LEARNING / SCHOOLS TOUGHT ARABIC ISLAM INFLUENCED - ______________________________ _________________________________________& OTHER CITIES