Kingdoms of West Africa

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Kingdom of Benin

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

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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?

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Gold Wealth of Ghana(Soninke People)

• 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.

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The Kingdom of Mali

• 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.

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Mansa Musa
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The Greatest Emperor

• He expanded Malis 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.

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Dont Copy -Legend

• 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.

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New Empire in Songhai

• 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.

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West Africa Rev. Questions

• 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)