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The role of trade
Trading Items
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Who were the Berbers?
A northern African group
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In the beginning of the 600s, who were interested in the slave trade?
Arab Muslims and Europeans
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What kingdom was owned by Mali?
Songhai
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What materials or items did Mali kingdom trade?
Salt, gold, metals, shells, and other goods
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The trade routes were run by whom?
The Berbers.
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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai took over what in West Africa?
The trade routes.
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In West Africa, what became an important part of it's economy?
The slave trade.
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What was the role of trade for Ghana?
Every trader who entered Ghana had to pay a special tax on the goods he carried.
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What materials or items did Songhai kingdom trade?
horses, textiles, and weapons
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What did Ghana develop into?
A trading center?
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When did the Kingdom of Ghana began?
Ghana began in the 4th century AD.
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Who were the Black Africans?
They were both slave holders and slaves.
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What was the role of trade for Mali?
They controlled their own trade and traded along the river.
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What materials or items did Ghana kingdom trade?
salt and gold
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What did Ghana trade?
They traded salt from the Shara in the north and gold mined from Ghana itself.
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How did Ghana come to power?
As their trade increased, it controlled all of West Africa's trade routes.
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How did the slave market increased?
As the Muslim traders bought and seized Black Africans to sell in North Africa.
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What lead to the decline of Ghana?
Muslim groups attached Ghana in an effort to force it's leaders to convert to Islam in which this cut off many trade routes.
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Ghana used their wealth for what?
To build an army and an empire.
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What was the most practiced religion in the region?
Islam