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Gold, salt, and trans-Saharan trade powered the great West African empires.
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Which sequence puts the three major West African empires in the order they rose to regional power?
After Ghana lost control of much western Sudan trade, Sundiata Keita defeated Soso and founded which empire?
Before Mali rose, the Soso kingdom expanded over parts of old Ghana and the Malinke. Which ruler’s victory ended Soso power?
Gao, a trading city on the Niger River, came under Mali's influence in the 1300s. Which rising empire later made Gao its capital?
In 1468, Sonni Ali captured Timbuktu and made it part of which expanding state?
Moroccan forces ended the dominance of which West African empire in 1591?
Which pair best describes the main long-distance exchange across the Sahara?
What made regular trans-Saharan caravans more practical from late antiquity onward?
Mines at Taghaza supplied one needed commodity, while Bambuk and Bure were known for another. Which pairing is accurate?
Why did Timbuktu become valuable to Mali and Songhai rulers?
Which set lists goods commonly brought from the north into West African trade cities?
What role did oasis stops such as Sijilmasa and the Tuat oases play for trans-Saharan caravans?
What did Sundiata's victory over Soso at Kirina around 1235 give Mali control over?
Which ruler’s 1324–1325 pilgrimage to Mecca displayed Mali’s gold wealth in Cairo?
Which Songhai conqueror kept older Songhai religious traditions alongside Islam rather than promoting strict Islamic rule?
Which ruler took power in Songhai in 1493, made the hajj, and strengthened Islamic administration?
Which ruler sponsored mosques at Gao and Timbuktu after returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca?
Which Songhai ruler extended the empire to its largest size, reaching the Hausa states in the east and the Taghaza salt mines in the north?
How did Islam spread most directly into the western Sudan during the early trans-Saharan trade period?
Kumbi Saleh had Muslim mosques in one town and royal shrines linked to older beliefs in another. What pattern does this show?
Why did Mali rulers avoid forcing gold producers to abandon older religious practices?
Which comparison of Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammad is most accurate?
Ghana’s kings did not directly mine all the gold they taxed. How did they gain much of their revenue?
Which source of wealth best explains Mali’s prosperity under rulers such as Mansa Musa?
What was a major reason Songhai fell to Morocco in 1591?
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