Atlantic Ocean - ocean separating North & S. America from Europe & Africa, Djenne - major West African city in the middle ages, trading hub of Trans-Saharan trade route and home to the Great Mosque of Djenne, Gulf of Guinea - Body of water, part of the Atlantic Ocean, boarders the southern shores of West African nations and the mouth of the Niger River, Niger River - primary source of fresh water for West Africa, Sahara Desert - primary desert on the African continent, largest hot desert on Earth, home to the Trans-Saharan trade route, Timbuktu - important middle ages city of West Africa, an important trade stop on the Trans-Saharan trade route, spiritual and education center for the region, indigenous - originating in or produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular region or environment, ancestor worship - a spiritual practice where the spirits of passed family members are revered and prayed to, animism - attribution of a soul to nature as a whole or to inanimate objects, Ghana Empire - c. 100/300 CE- early 1200's; founded by the Soninke people, made wealthy by access to a gold mine, first powerful empire of West Africa, Empire of Mali - 1226-1670 CE; founded by Sundiata Keita and became known for its impressive wealth and the leader Mansa Musa, the empire was Muslim, Empire of Songhai - 15th and 16th century; founded by Sunni Ali, Islamic Empire of Western Africa, largest by land area of the West African empires, Mansa Musa - ninth ruler of Mali Empire, most wealthy man in history, Muslim leader made famous by his pilgrimage to Mecca, Trans-Saharan Trade Route - caravan based trade route connecting the Saharan Desert to the cities around the Niger River, primary goods trades were gold and salt and later slave trade, caravan - a company of merchants and travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions, salt - a naturally occurring element (especially coastlines and deserts), and is used especially for seasoning or preserving food, gold - a precious metal mined from the earth and used in coins, jewelry and a basis of wealth, slaves - people who are captured and forced into labor, griots - a West African tradition of travelling poets, musicians and storytellers who preserved the people's oral history and genealogies, oral history - means of collecting and remembering history of a group of people who may not use a widespread written language, pilgrimage - a religious journey of a pilgrim, typically to visit a religious shrine or city, hajj - the pilgrimage to Mecca prescribed as a religious duty for Muslims, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, cultural diffusion - the means through which ideas, customs and religion can travel from their places of origin to other areas, typically through trade routes or conquest,

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