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 capital was built as a city in the south because Hamilton made a compromise that if they repaid state debts the capital would be built there
The government had to spend money for supplies for the military so economic changes for civilians were very real
It’s Confucianism (the dark blue one).