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Songhai (contrast)

-1468 Sunni Ali stormed into Timbuktu and drove out the Berbers

-began a campaign of conquest

-died in 1492 from a horse-riding accident

-by death he had built the largest empire in West Africa

-the empire almost lasted 100 more years

Ghana (contrast)

-traders grouped hundreds and thousands of camuls to form caravans

-traded salt and cloth from North Africa and the Sahara for gold and ivory from western Africa

-trade led to growth of cities in western Africa

-rulers of the cities began to build empires

-first empire to develop was Ghana

-was located where several trade routes came together

Mali (contrast)

Compare/Contrast Mali, Ghana, Songhai

-In 1200's the kingdom conquered, what was left of the empire of Ghana.

-warrior-king named Sundiata Keita

-they also called him the "Lion Prince"

-he siezed the capital of Ghana in 1240

-then won control of lands from the Atlantic coast to the trading city of Timbuktu

Mali,Songhai,Ghana

By: Torrye Rasch

-near the Niger River

-were practically the same kingdom

-all had salt and gold trade

-all had clans

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