Ancient African Empires

The African Empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhay developed prosperous kingdoms along which river

• Nile

• Timbuktu

• Nigerian

• Niger

Who is credited with helping to spread Islam throughout West Africa?

• Mansa Musa

• Sundjata

• Sonni Ali

• Muhammad Toure

What was the primary religion in West Africa before the spread of Islam?

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Traditional African religions

• Hinduism

The West African Kingdom that grew rich from taxing and controlling trade. The empire was established in the 9th to 11th centuries A.D. it was

Explain the salt-gold trade

The African king Sundiata was responsible for?

Early African kingdoms such as Ghana (800s-1000CE) and Mali (1200-1450CE) made most of their wealth by?

The Ghana Empire (800s-1000s CE) grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network?

What kingdom conquered the Mali Empire, built the cities of Timbuktu and Gao, and is considered the largest and most powerful of the ancient African kingdoms?

What was one of the significant long-term impacts of the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade?