Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km.
Benin
Burkino Faso
Cape Verde (Isl.)
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guine-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
You're suppose to tell me
the biggest change was their culture
pleaseee ans.
They were useful sources of gold & spices and a medium for trading. (i.e. They could utilize them as middlemen) Also, there were slaves they could obtain through these nations.
The "Great Three" West African empires were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
The people that carried goods from Europe to west African empires were Portuguese people.
salt and gold
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
You're suppose to tell me
The Songhai Empire
The ancient empires phase of West African history came first
The main sources of wealth and power of all the West African empires was the armies they built whose superior iron weapons let them take control of the trade in salt and gold.
Portugal, I got this answer from the SOL test so this is correct.
Portugal
Niger River
Songhai