Answer:
The last answer.
Explanation:
While the North is certainly claims to be communist today, it began as just a state influenced by the two global super-powers of the Cold War.
<span>The Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires each grew wealthy and powerful through their trade of many products, but particularly gold. Because of the the empires were so heavily dependent on trade, various circumstances that diminished the empires' trading capacities, including the death of a leader or the strengthening of a rival empire, eventually led to their decline.</span>
