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Only one country (namely Portugal) had any dealings with West African coast countries at the time. Portugal hoped to find gold there, and wanted to find the mystical Kingdom of Priest John, which turned out not to exist. Calling Portugal a "major trading partner of West African empires" would be a vast overstatement. They got out some gold in exchange for iron tools, cloth etcetra but that was about it. Further travels along the West African coast by the Portuguese all had the purpose of finding a route to Asia.
Government became more powerful
the family De Medici
Farmers decided to sell their land and move to the cities were they became beggars.
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GHANA AND MALI
The Mali Empire and the Ghana Empire were the two West African empires that became wealthy from trading salt and gold. The Ghana Empire lasted from c. 400 to c. 1200.
British and French empires
British and French
It became the most powerful Western African empire of its time.
Some became powerful from finding metal Ore and started making weapons.
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The Islamic Empire became powerful by conquering large swathes of territory from severely weakened and unprepared empires. It then put the conquered peoples to use in becoming the vanguard of subsequent conquests.
Portugal, I got this answer from the SOL test so this is correct.
Songhai
The Songhai Empire.
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