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 You will write 10 supporting details about the three remaining West African civilizations

Trading Gold and Salt  Two products, gold and salt, dominated the Sahara trade.  West Africans had the natural resource of gold and exchanged it for salt. Salt was a valuable commodity or valuable product.  Why would salt be a commodity for anyone living in West Africa?

 Ghana is located between the Niger and the Senegal river, this is where the king controlled gold-salt trade routes across West Africa.  The capital was then Kumbi Saleh. A luxurious center of trade.  Islamic communities settled in Ghana and was active in all aspects of the community including technology, military, language, and government.

 Ghana was taken over by a new power, the West African Kingdom of Mali.  The Mansas, or kings of Mali expanded their influence over both regions to the south and the salt supplies of Taghaza.

 He expanded Mali’s borders westward to the Atlantic Ocean and pushed northward to conquer many cities.  Mansa Musa extended the frontiers of Mali and had a more effective system of governance and business.  He conquered and opened up cities like Gao and Timbuktu.

 Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim.  In 1324 he was making his hajj to ?  It was alleged that he took 500 people on his journey and bags of gold nuggets.  When he passed through Cairo he gave away so much gold that it took 12 years for the prices to become normal in again in Egypt.

 Songhai had become the capital of a new trading city known as Gao.  Soldier-King, Sonni Ali brought trade routes and wealthy cities like Timbuktu under his control.  Askia Muhammad set up a Muslim dynasty.  He expanded the territory of Songhai, improved government, and set up a bureaucracy with departments for farming, the army, and the treasury.

 1. Why was the gold salt trade so significant in West Africa? (Pg. FL54)  2.Identify three ways in the Ghanian kingdom the king created an empire.(Pg. FL 54)  3. How did Islam spread in North Africa?  4. Why were Sundiata and Mansa Musa powerful leaders? (Please be detailed)FL.55  5.Summarize the beginning,middle, and end of the Songhai Empire(Fl. 56)