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   View Standards     Standard(s): [SS2010] WH8 (8) 13 :

13 ) Compare the African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to include geography, religions, slave trade, economic systems, empires, and cultures.

•  Tracing the spread of language, religion, and customs from one African civilization to another

•  Illustrating the impact of trade among Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

Examples: using map symbols, interpreting distribution maps, creating a timeline

John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, trade, beautiful women, trade, some impressive architecture, and several empires. John not only covers the West African Malian Empire, which is the one Mansa Musa ruled, but he discusses the Ghana Empire and even gets over to East Africa as well to discuss the trade-based city-states of Mogadishu, Mombasa, and Zanzibar. In addition to all this, John considers emigrating to Canada.