The World before the Opening of Section 3 FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes each sentence. 1. For many years the Saharan trade routes were run by a group of people from Double tap to add text northern Africa called the (slaves/Berbers) 2. Historians believe the first people in Double tap to add text were farmers along the Niger River. (Islam/Ghana) Double tap to add text_created specialized departments in his government much like modern-day governments. (Askia the Great/Berbers) 4. Mansa Musa left on a very important religious trip called the Double tap to add text (salt hajj) 5. Double tap to add text was founded in the 600s by an Arab named Muhammad. (ATricans/Islam) 6. Double tap to add text believe that God had spoken to Muhammad through an angel and had made him a prophet. (Ghana Muslims) 7. Mali reached the height of its wealth, power, and fame under its most famous ruler Double tap to add text (Mansa Musa/slaves) 8. Enslaved Double tap to add text were often bought to perform menial labor and domestic chores. (Muslims Africans) 9. Djenné, Gao, and Double tap to add text_were important trade cities in the Mali Empire. (Soninke Timbuktu) 10. Mansa Musa began building many Double tap to add text throughout his lands. (mosques/Muslims)