Sub-Saharan Africa

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Trans-Saharan

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trade across the Sahara Desert

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Alluvial Gold

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Gold deposited by a river

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City-States

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Independent self-governing cities that controlled the surrounding territory, operating like independent countries

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Swahili

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A Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa, especially along the coast.

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Caravans

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Groups of people traveling together often with camels for trade or migration purposes

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Agricultural Revolution

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The shift from hunting and gathering food to farming and raising animals for food, allowing people to settle in one place.

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Migration

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The movement of people from one place to another often in search of better living conditions and opportunities

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Bantu

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A group of people and languages originating from West and Central Africa and spread throughout Eastern and Southern Africa

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Nomadic

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Lifestyle of constantly moving from place to place in search of food, water and grazing land for animals

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Referring to the region of Africa that lies south of the Sahara desert