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5. A person from whom one is descended.
7. The language spoken by persons of Arab culture
11. A country in Southwest Africa.
12. An ancient Sudanic state north of Lake Chad.
14. Native people of Southeastern Nigeria.
16. A country in West Africa.
17. Capital of ancient Ghana
19. Home to the River Niger and Timbuktu.
20. Morocco, and Mauritania; first called Wagadu
24. largest desert in the world
25. Two closely related West African Kingdoms
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1. City in Mali center of trade and scholarship
2. independent city
3. ruler of Mali who rose to power in 1235,
4. The first major ruler of Songhay.
6. advanced society with arts, sciences
8. belief that Allah is the only god and Mohammed
as his prophet
9. A group of people who lived in Mali kingdom.
10. A river draining into the Central African basin.
13. Mali King known for pilgrimage to Mecca in
15. Earliest of the ancient empires of the Sudan
18. A desert located in South West Africa.
21. A territory of great extent under a one ruler.
22. Songhay ruler who expanded the kingdom
23. A storyteller who records past and oral histories.
24. last great kingdom of West Africa.