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Africa About
A
.D
. 1400
ARABIA
Canary Islands
Bioko
Comoros
Zanzibar(Unguja)
Pemba
Madagascar
Socotra
Mafia
MaLlaakwei
VLake
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TLaankae
LTaurkkeana
TanganLyaikkea
Kwa
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Zambezi
Lo Tana
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Kasai
Lu
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Vic
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Ni
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Blu
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Atb
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Nil
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Wh
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Ni
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Ju
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Shebe
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Kw
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Con
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Congo
Ubangi
Ben
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Nig
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Ou
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Sen
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Vo
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Ba
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Cha
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Ru
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Lim
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Orange
Vaa
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ATLANTIC
OCEAN INDIAN
OCEAN
Mozambique
Channel
Gulf of
Aden
Persian
Gulf
Red
Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Sanag
a
AlbertLake
Berbera
Harar
Adefa
Aksum
Mecca
Meroe
Aswan
Jerusalem
Mogadishu
Obbia
Sanga
Bunkeya
Rubaga
Kibiro
Uvinza
Kilwa
Malindi
Mombasa
Lamu
Hunguza
Lealui
Inhambane
Sofala
Quelimane
Mozambique
Sena
Aden
Debra Zayla
Birhan
Debarwa
Sennar
Soba
Berber
Dongola
Selima
Cairo
Asyut
Alexandria
Barqa
Auqilah
Darfur
Zawila
Ghadamès Surte
Ghat
Qayrawan
Constantine Tunis
Fez Tlemcen
Marrakech
Tindouf
Idjil
Walata
Nioro
Kangaba
Segu
Djenné
Ouagadougou
Bobo Dioulasso
Kong
Begho
BonoManso
Salaga
Mali
Kouroussa
Kankan
Bamako
Takedda
Nupe
OyoIfe
Benin City Igbo Ukwu
Ke
Kano
Zaria
Katsina
Bouar
Njimi
Abesehr
Bilma
Timbuktu
Akjoujt Chinguetti
Tichitt
Taghaza
Tavdeni
Tademakka
Gao
Awlil
Takrur
Ghana
Granada
Rabat
Tripoli
Luanda
Mpinda
Mawudzu
Karonga
Ivuna
Ingombe Ilede
Loango
Mbanza Kongo
Chedzurgwe
Zimbabwe
Inyanga
Tete
Khami
Mapungubwe
Phalaborwa
Kukiya
Baraawe
Vohemar
Volhitrandriana
Tanarive
Ambohimanga
Gedi
Manda
Bigo
Ntusi
Great Zimbabwe
Manekweni
Kabara
Taurirt
Sijilmasa
Taugiers CeutaTetuan Oran
Algiers
Awjila
Siwa
Ibrim
Daw
Murzuq Aydhab
Sawakin
Kirina
Sana
Tuat
Kapeni
MARINIDS
ZAYYANID HAFSIDS
NASRIDS
MAMLUKS
SOLOMONID ADAL
KONGO
MALI
ALWA
EAST AFRICAN
TRADING
STATES
SONGHAI
BENIN
KANEM-BORNU
HAUSA
STATES
ETHIOPIA
YEMEN
SW
AH
ILI
GREAT ZIMBABWE
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Salt
Glass
Slaves
Foods t uf f s
Copper
Gold
Ivory
Jewelry,
trinkets
Kola nut s
Tin Te x t i l e s
Iron
Ceramics
Cattle
Major trade route
Southern limits of Muslim
influence, about 1400
Dynastic group
Cataract (rapids)
HAFSIDS
State, empire, or dynasty with
Muslim leader
KONGO State or Empire
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