What is the root language of the West Africans?
Medieval Islam and Africa

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Bantu
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Which factor allowed the ancient kingdom of Ghana to become so successful?
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The kingdom's location allowed it to control the gold-salt trade.
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Which is the best conclusion to draw from this passage?
*"There was so much salt in the Sahara, that people in Taghaza, in the central part of the desert, built homes out of blocks of salt. But in the savanna, several hundred miles south, salt was so scarce that it was worth its weight in gold. In the kingdom of Ghana, merchants paid one pound of gold for one pound of salt."*
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The scarcity of a given natural resource affects its value.
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What caused the West African kingdom of Ghana to grow powerful, wealthy, and to incorporate Islamic values and ideas in its society and government?
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control of the gold-salt trade routes
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In what important trade city did Mansa Musa build a University?
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Timbuktu
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What lead to the decline of the Axum Empire? Options: Civil war, Religions severed trading ties, Distance from Europe, All of the above
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All of the above
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What evidence suggests that Great Zimbabwe was a great commercial center?
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Artifacts such as beads from India and porcelain from China have been found among the ruins.
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