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What three empires flourished because of trade in west Africa?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Are the three main empires of africa
Did the trade with Middle East include large camel caravans with empires in West Africa?
West
What three empires flourshed because of trade in west Africa?
Ghana, mali, and Shnghai
Why did west Africa become the center of trade empires?
Taxes from traders passing through Africa made Ghana very rich.
What is the capital of ancient Africa?
While there was no official "capital" (because of the multiple empires that come and go), one of (if not the) most important trade city in West Africa was Timbuktu.
What religion spread from North Africa to west religion?
What religion spread from North Africa to west Africa
What did West African Empires trade?
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 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.
How did the location of the west African empires affect their success trade?
They could easily reach the Americas and Europe, their main partners in trade, by crossing the Atlantic Ocean as opposed to the east African empires being very difficult to access. To get to the east African empires, the traders would have to sail all the way around the continent of Africa or sail to Africa and then have to cross the dangerous rain forests and deserts of Africa. It might help if you looked at a map and drew a line from Europe and the Americas to east and west Africa. Going to west Africa from these locations with the technology of the time was much easier. (Assuming that this was around the time of European Imperialism in Africa, or at least before modern times)
How did the location of the west African empires affect their success at trade?
They could easily reach the Americas and Europe, their main partners in trade, by crossing the Atlantic Ocean as opposed to the east African empires being very difficult to access. To get to the east African empires, the traders would have to sail all the way around the continent of Africa or sail to Africa and then have to cross the dangerous rain forests and deserts of Africa. It might help if you looked at a map and drew a line from Europe and the Americas to east and west Africa. Going to west Africa from these locations with the technology of the time was much easier. (Assuming that this was around the time of European Imperialism in Africa, or at least before modern times)
How did the location oh the west African empires affect their success at trade?
They could easily reach the Americas and Europe, their main partners in trade, by crossing the Atlantic Ocean as opposed to the east African empires being very difficult to access. To get to the east African empires, the traders would have to sail all the way around the continent of Africa or sail to Africa and then have to cross the dangerous rain forests and deserts of Africa. It might help if you looked at a map and drew a line from Europe and the Americas to east and west Africa. Going to west Africa from these locations with the technology of the time was much easier. (Assuming that this was around the time of European imperialism in Africa, or at least before modern times)
