Ghana became a powerful empire
Cause it was bigger than the rest and it could plant more tobacco more than the rest
Civilians did things such as mend clothing for soldiers, make ammunition from household silver, and many women followed their husbands to the battlefield where they washed, mended, and cooked for troops. Very few were able to fight in combat, but some women did.
A lot of people, especially religious people eg) the pope ,were suspicious of widowed women who own cats. they thought that they had the devil in them so they wiped out the cat population as well as their owners.