Study Guide for Asia and Africa Key Terms Griots Stateless societies Animism Bantu Sahel Mansa Musa Taika reforms Shogun Daimyo Samurai Shinto Grand Canal Ghengis Khan Black Plague Footbinding Key Concepts Accomplishments of the Tang and Song Reasons for the collapse of the Song Things that Japan borrowed from China How the Mongols conquered territory and extent of the territory What happened to the Mongol empire when Ghengis Khan died? Effects of Mongol rule on Russia Accomplishments of West African Sudanic kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Songhai Characteristics of the East African kingdoms and city-states On a Map Empires: Mongol, Ghana, Mali, Japan, China Trade Routes: Trans-Saharan, Silk Roads Cities: Timbuktu, Sofala, Aksum, Heian (Kyoto), Beijing Bodies of Water and Rivers: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Nile, Zambeizi, Limpopo, Huang He, Yangtze