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Mali rose to power by conquering a close kingdom named Ghana the defeated it and took control of the gold and salt trade in Western Africa in about 1250.

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through the taxing and controlling of trade

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they grew wealthy by trading in gold and salt.

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Through trade

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Q: How did West African Kingdoms grow rich?
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How were the west African kingdoms involved the slave trade?

they sold other Africans to slave traders The West African tribes, waged war with each other in order to raid and captured people from rival tribes which they then transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. It was a lucrative business for them and made the coastal tribes very rich and powerful.


What made each of the three kingdoms rich?

By 1255, when Sundiata died, Mali had grown rich from trade and it had become the most powerful kingdom in West Africa


How did the mining help the west grow?

they wanted to become rich and get gold


How did trade help cities and states develope in west Africa?

West African coastal cities were used by the West African States to sell captured African slaves to the Ships calling to take them to America. They grew very rich and prosperous on this trade.


How were the West African kingdoms involved in the slave trade?

they sold other Africans to slave traders The West African tribes, waged war with each other in order to raid and captured people from rival tribes which they then transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. It was a lucrative business for them and made the coastal tribes very rich and powerful.


How were the African kingdoms involved in the slave trade?

they sold other Africans to slave traders The West African tribes, waged war with each other in order to raid and captured people from rival tribes which they then transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. It was a lucrative business for them and made the coastal tribes very rich and powerful.


How were the west Africans kingdoms involved in the slaved trade?

they sold other Africans to slave traders The West African tribes, waged war with each other in order to raid and captured people from rival tribes which they then transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. It was a lucrative business for them and made the coastal tribes very rich and powerful.


How were the west Africans kingdoms involved in the slave trade?

they sold other Africans to slave traders The West African tribes, waged war with each other in order to raid and captured people from rival tribes which they then transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. It was a lucrative business for them and made the coastal tribes very rich and powerful.


How did trade help cities and states develops in Africa?

West African coastal cities were used by the West African States to sell captured African slaves to the Ships calling to take them to America. They grew very rich and prosperous on this trade.


What rights did the African's have in the slave trade?

Little to none. ------------------------------------------------------- The Africans that sold the slaves (in Africa) to the slave traders did very well by the slave trade and the coastal Kingdoms grew rich and powerful.


Did people become rich by selling slaves?

Yes the kings of the African tribes on the West Coat of Africa became very rich by selling slaves they had captured to the slave traders.


How did the conquering kingdoms rich in gold help Ghana's economy?

No