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West African Empires
Ghana Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the original members of the people of ghana | they were the farmers |
| Why did they band together and farm together | They were threatened bc of the berbers |
| What gave Ghana the advantage over the neighboring tribes when it came to farming and weaponry | The steel weapons and farming tools |
| What did the Ghana Empire control that helped them grow in wealth | The tax that people had to pay to either travel or to trade |
| THe leader when Ghana was at its peak | Tunka Manin |
| THe decline of Ghana empire | the competition between the salt and gold mines, the invasion of the Almoravids, and the ruling Soninke people |
| the Niger river helped mali grow in weath | because the river had fertile soil and mali controlled it |
| the rule of mali in its early yrs | his name was sundiata |
| sundiatas father | he was the king of mali |
| what agriculture grew in mai? | beans, onions, and rice |
| the king when mali was at its peak | mansa musa was the king |
| why did mansa musa want ppl to learn how to read | so they can read the Koran and be faithful to musims |
| Muslims went to worship | they went to worship at mosques |
| what caused mali to collapse | weak leadership |
| 3 examples of empires that went up and down | were the mali empire, the Songhai empire, and the Ghana empire |
| what empire collapesed as Songhai grew in power | mali empire collapesed as the Songhai grew in power |
| what is a berber | a native person of africa |
| the Songhai and Berbers were willing to trade | because the Berbers travelled with the songhai who grew rich |
| the ruler of songhai in its early history | he was sunni ali |
| why were timbuktu and djenne valuable cities | because they were both educational cities |
| why did sunni baru support education\ |