When the European traders arrived to West Africa, three empires were ruling the region with powerful Monarchies, the kingdoms of Mali, Benin and Kongo; being the Kingdom of Mali the most powerful and extended, The Mali Empire as it was also known possessed exuberant wealth represented in great amounts of gold. The Mali Empire flourished between 1240 to 1645 in the region of South West Africa and it was the largest established in Africa. This empire not only exploited gold, but also copper, salt and ivory.
The city is located in the East North Central Region on the southwestern tip of Lake Michigan. The Chicago and Calumet rivers are the city's main rivers. Downtown Chicago seen from the John Hancock Center observatory, looking south.
The main way in which "new scientific discoveries between the 15th and 18th centuries contributed to the Enlightenment" was that " D. They showed the reason could provide better answers about the world than tradition or religion.