All the Kingdoms of of West Africa gained their wealth from the so called Gold salt trade with the Islamic states to the north.
Ghana was the first kingdom of west Africa. Using the technology of storing grain and iron working ,the kingdom gained ascendancy in West Africa. Then with a monopoly with trade to the Islamic states became wealthy. The West African Kingdom would trade gold, ivory and slaves, for salt , manufactured goods, and cloth.
These precious goods from the north would then be traded with other tribes in Western Africa adding to the wealth. The Niger River was instrumental in moving goods within West Africa.
Ghana was replace by Mali as the dominate force in West Africa. Mali continued the same pattern of trade with the Islamic States. One of the kings of Mali Masa Musa ( meaning Great King) even traveled to Mecca bringing immense amounts of gold and slaves to the north
Mali was conquered by the Kingdom of Songhai. This kingdom followed the same pattern of trading gold, ivory and slaves with the north. The Niger River continued to be the main source of trade within Western Africa.
Then the Islamic Kingdom of Morocco decided to cut out the middle man. The Islamic Kingdom of Morocco destroyed the Songhai empire. However the other Western African kingdoms and tribes wouldn't trade with the Moroccans and the Gold Salt trade dissolved.
All three of the Western African kingdoms depended on the Gold Salt trade and control of the Niger River to dominate West Africa.
Native Americans fight for right to identity, education and for land. Native Americans are the American Indians who are the first inhabitants in United States.
Explanation:
The most famous and largest native american tribe that live in United states is the Cherokee nation. Unfortunately, the increase in population in native American tribes have gone down drastically because they struggle for their identity. They are mostly observed to be old fashioned and stereotyped who is always drunk but in other native tribes, mixed marriages have allowed the population of native tribes to increase to an extent.
As per the statistics, 1% of the United States population is considered to be the native American Indians. 12% is Hispaniola and 75% of the population is considered to be the whites. Native Americans consider themselves to be the ambassadors of the past and they consider that to get civilized is not what they really desire. Still,they continue for their identity and they want their lands in the west which were the place when old customs and religious traditions were followed.
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The correct answer is C: Building New England towns and cities around a common help colonies develop a diverse economy by making it easier to trade goods. They built their settlements along the Atlantic coast to make it easier for colonist to get supplies from English trading ships, and to send raw material to Europe.
