west african kingdom

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1. Achievements

1.1. ghana kingdom became weathy and powerful by controlling supplies of important minerals

2. Governments

2.1. ghana was a monarchy they had a king and the king sold salt and slaves

3. Geography

3.1. upper niger country songhai controlled trade-northward across the desert and westward to the atlantic ocean

4. ghana

5. religion

5.1. indigenous religion dominated and played a central role in the lives of people living in the forsred area of religion

6. songhai

6.1. Geography

6.1.1. upper the niger country and trades northward across the desert and they were next to the altanic ocetic

6.2. Economy

6.2.1. they traded with portugal and the exchanged gold for metals cloth manufactured good europe and even sold slaves

6.3. Reilgion

6.3.1. the people of songhai were muslims and the law of the land was based on islam

6.4. goverment

6.5. achievements

6.5.1. the songhai kingdom became a powerful force in west africa from about 1400 to around 1590 ce

7. Geography

7.1. the mail kingdom is around the niger river and mail is south of the savanna desert and close to mountains

8. Economy

8.1. the mail kingdom traded gold salt and also traded copper,spices,ivory,ostrich,feathers and slaves

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9. Religion

9.1. indigenous beliefs held that there was one great force, or remote all-powerful creator god. some other characteristics of indigenous african spiritual tradition

10. Government

10.1. musa ruled the mail empire from about 1312 to 1332. He is thought to be the grandnephew of sundiata,who first established the mail empire. under mansa musa reign,the kingdom of mail expanded its original size.

11. Achievements

11.1. manse muse expanded the border roughly to twice its original size

12. mail