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Yes, there was an African Empire. In fact, there were lots of African Empires all over the country. There was the Western African Empire and many other African Empires.
The "Great Three" West African empires were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
The people that carried goods from Europe to west African empires were Portuguese people.
They adopted Egyptian culture.
salt and gold
fear of African empires.
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
The Songhai Empire
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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.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
They were overcome by people with steel weapons.