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World History Volume 1, to 1500

Check Your Understanding Questions

World History Volume 1, to 1500Check Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
Why was the Sahara vital to the prosperity of medieval West African kingdoms despite its hostile environment?
2 .
What were some of the controversies that gripped Christianity in medieval Africa?
3 .
Which were the most important factors that helped spread Islam in Africa?
4 .
What explains the origins of Ghana, the earliest Sudanic West African kingdom?
5 .
How did the success of Mali differ from that of Ghana?
6 .
In what ways did medieval African societies in West and sub-Saharan Africa develop along similar lines?
7 .
Why were nomadic Africans essential to the operation of the trans-Saharan trade?
8 .
What circumstances led to the rise of the Fatimid Caliphate?
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