The gold mines of West Africa provided great wealth and power to West African Empires such as Ghana, Mali, & Songhai empire. The king of Ghana started trading back in the 8th century.
The Modern era was spanned at this time.
<span>The Directory was unsuccessful and was eventually replaced because none of the constitution had been created that outlined its authority and is also connected to the terror in the ruling. This was done by Napoleon, when the governance was not going anywhere military took charge of it.</span>