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The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading salt and?
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
What did the west African empires trade?
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What 2 resources did West African empires trade to gain wealth?
Salt and Gold
What was the main source of the wealth and power of all the west african empires?
The main sources of wealth and power of all the West African empires was the armies they built whose superior iron weapons let them take control of the trade in salt and gold.
The Great Three West African empires were what?
The "Great Three" West African empires were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
How did the salt for gold trade contribute to the emergence of the empires of Ghana and mali.?
The Saharan trade extended from the Sub-Saharan West African kingdoms across the Sahara desert to Europe. The Saharan Trade linked such African empires as Ghana, Mali, and Songhay to the European world.
Who where the people who carried goods from Europe to west African Empires?
The people that carried goods from Europe to west African empires were Portuguese people.
How did family structure and trade and technology help West African villages develop into empires?
Family structure, trade, and technology helped West African villages develop into empires. A few reasons why are family structure made everything possible (they got the job done). Trade made the villages rich (they could have taxed anyone who came in to trade and/or trade gold and salt). Technology helped villages turn into empires because they invented new tools (the new tools helped defend the empire and conquer other villages/empires and they helped with farming).
What was the main source of wealth and power of all the west African empires?
The main sources of wealth and power of all the West African empires was the armies they built whose superior iron weapons let them take control of the trade in salt and gold.
The trans-Saharan caravan trade brought together which groups?
Arab and Berber Muslims from the Northern coast of Africa came to trade with West African Tribes and Empires like Ghana.
The religion of the Berber nomads and the west African Empires was?
The Berber nomads primarily practiced a form of animism, worshipping natural elements and spirits. In contrast, West African Empires like the Mali Empire often followed Islam, introduced through trade and conquest.
The most powerful of the west African empires was?
The Songhai Empire
