The wealth and prosperity of Mali and Songhai were dependent on controlling the trade in gold and salt.
Trans-Saharan trade was a trade across the Sahara the relied heavily upon gold and salt , the empires relied much on the trans-Saharan trade; as their wealth and prosperity depended more on the gold and salt traded in the trans-Saharan trade. Mali empire was started by Sundiata at around 1200AD. he set up laws and took control of Gold trade. During the early 1400's Mali rulers lost control of the Mali empire and the Songhai Empire. Ali Ber became the Songhai ruler, which was the largest among the three Western empires
The ones that characterized it according to Chief Kabongo are:
<span>1. Imperialism was immortal, in the term of only member of upper class society who took control over the society.
2. Imposing undemocratic rule even though they believe in promoting democracy (by placing the representative that backed by the most powerful group/corporates)
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4. Cotton Gin harvested cotton
5. Because the cotton gin could harvest so much more, cotton farmers would buy and work more slaves for more profit.
6. A few major ones were immigration, making railroads, and using tariffs to ward foreign countries away from competing with the American market.
7. Industrial Revolution, I think the answer they want you to give is being blocked off from trading with England and France.
