Mali ----> Mali had grown rich from trade, traders traveling through these lands had to pay taxes on all their goods. This also made the kingdom rich. It had become the most powerful kingdom in West Africa. Then Mansa Musa become the ruler of Mali. He expanded his kingdom and made a new ties between Mali and the Muslim peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia and he used these ties to make Mali a center of learning. All these things ( the expansion of the country and the ties between the countries) made Mali a richer country.
Songhai ----> Songhai's leader controlled trade routes and the sources of salt and gold, which made the country rich. It's wealth and power grew when it conquered the rich trading city of Tombouctou.
Ghana ----> Ghana is a kingdom built on trading salt and gold which means that they have lots of salt and gold and that also means that they are rich. Salt was very valuable. People needed it to flavor food, to preserve meat and to maintain good health so they used to trade a lot of salt. Ghana was just north of the rich gold fields.
By Leen Kurdi
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