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by BlastRoom
Covers the gold-salt trade and government of medieval West African empires.
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An early West African empire grew wealthy by taxing traders carrying gold and salt across the Sahara. Which empire is described?
Forest regions of West Africa had gold, while Sahara regions had salt. What did this difference encourage?
West African rulers guarded trade routes and taxed merchants. How did this strengthen their empires?
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage displayed great wealth and helped make Timbuktu famous for learning and trade. Which empire did he rule?
During his 1324 pilgrimage, Mansa Musa gave away and spent huge amounts of gold in Cairo. What happened to the value of gold there?
Which Songhai ruler captured Timbuktu in 1468 and built Songhai into a large empire?
An empire based near Gao expanded along the Niger River and later controlled Timbuktu. Which empire is described?
Why did desert communities want gold from forest regions?
Traders who crossed the Sahara brought new ideas as well as goods. Which religion did many West African rulers and city people adopt through this trade?
Timbuktu became an important center of trade and Islamic learning under Mali and later Songhai. Near which river was it located?
Gold from West African forests and salt from desert mines moved north and south by camel caravans. What is this trade network called?
A ruler used soldiers to protect merchants on trade roads. How could this help the ruler collect more money?
In 1591, an invading army armed with guns defeated Songhai at the Battle of Tondibi, and the empire broke apart. Where did this army come from?
Some gold miners and salt traders never met face to face. Each side left goods in piles and went away until both sides accepted the exchange. What was this called?
A government appointed officials to provinces and trade cities. What effect could this have on a large empire?
The ancient Ghana Empire was not located in the modern country of Ghana. Which present-day countries cover most of its old lands?
Which Songhai ruler made a pilgrimage to Mecca and organized the empire into provinces run by appointed officials?
Ghana's king kept every gold nugget found in his lands and let people trade only gold dust. Why did he do this?
Sundiata Keita founded a powerful West African empire that later grew rich by controlling gold and salt trade routes. Which empire is described?
How did the gold-salt trade affect cities such as Timbuktu and Gao?
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