SonghiGhanaMali
Early empires gained wealth and power by trading slaves, gold, and ivory.
Mali , Ghana , and Benin.
By the empires and trading.
Trading-post empires are those empires in the earlier centuries (13-15th) which traded vast goods and set up trading posts. Trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts (or 'Factories') were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very fat beyond the fortified post.
By trading gold, salt etc. And the king was a real gentleman. there was No poverty no crime. (probable he equalised everyones wealth)
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Are the three main empires of africa
trading
It was exloited
in africa
7 june 1996