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Across 3. (1250-1517) Dynasty founded by Mamluk military slaves iin Cairo that re-established the caliphate in 1261 (2 Words) 4. Group of people claiming descent from the same ancestor, whether legendary or historical, who are not necessarily biologically related, but consider themselves a family unit 7. Legal scholar from Tangier, Morocco, who traveled throughout the Islamic world between 1325 and 1354, then wrote the Travels (2 Words) 8. Main vessel used in Indian Ocean Trade, made from teak planks laid edge to edge, fastened together with coconut fiber twine, and caulked to prevent leaking 12. the first Empire in western Sudan 13. (c. 1336-1614) “City of Victory” in Sanskrit; Important Hindu Empire that was able to rule in central India for more than two centuries 16. Islamic mystic who taught that the individual could experience God directly without the intercession of others 18. Network traversed by dhows that connected the ports around the Indian Ocean in East Africa, Arabia, and western India (4 Words) 19. non-Muslim slaves purchased by Islamic states in Afghanistan, North Africa, Spain, and Egypt, and forced to convert to Islam before serving as warriors 20. Kingdom founded c. 1230 by Sundiata in West Africa

Down 1. Name for the languages of the Congo Language Family and the speakers of those languages 2. Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade (3 Words) 5. (1332-1406) Prominent Muslim historian born in Tunis in North Africa; he reported on the kings of Mali (2 Words) 6. Islamic Law; all the rules that Muslims were supposed to follow, compiled ion the basis of the Quran, The Hadith, and earlier decisions 8. (1206-1526) Islamic state led by former Mamluk slaves originally from Afghanistan, who governed north India from their capital at Delhi (2 Words) 9. A recently discovered complex society, well established by the 700’s, with large urban settlements but no distinct political center or full-time agriculture. (3 Words) 10. Royal storytellers who served as advisers to the rulers of Mali and other West African states 11. Muslim jurist whose decisions were based on Sharia 12. Large city in Zimbabwe surrounded by smaller outlying settlements, all distinguished by stone enclosures called “Zimbabwe” in the local Shona language. (2 Words) 14. Historical accounts passed from one generation to the next (2 Words) 15. ‘Ruler” in Arabic; Any head of an Islamic State, called Sultanates 17. Semi desert region south of the Sahara