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All the Kingdoms of of West Africa gained their wealth from the so called Gold salt trade with the Islamic states to the north.
Ghana was the first kingdom of west Africa. Using the technology of storing grain and iron working ,the kingdom gained ascendancy in West Africa. Then with a monopoly with trade to the Islamic states became wealthy. The West African Kingdom would trade gold, ivory and slaves, for salt , manufactured goods, and cloth.
These precious goods from the north would then be traded with other tribes in Western Africa adding to the wealth. The Niger River was instrumental in moving goods within West Africa.
Ghana was replace by Mali as the dominate force in West Africa. Mali continued the same pattern of trade with the Islamic States. One of the kings of Mali Masa Musa ( meaning Great King) even traveled to Mecca bringing immense amounts of gold and slaves to the north
Mali was conquered by the Kingdom of Songhai. This kingdom followed the same pattern of trading gold, ivory and slaves with the north. The Niger River continued to be the main source of trade within Western Africa.
Then the Islamic Kingdom of Morocco decided to cut out the middle man. The Islamic Kingdom of Morocco destroyed the Songhai empire. However the other Western African kingdoms and tribes wouldn't trade with the Moroccans and the Gold Salt trade dissolved.
All three of the Western African kingdoms depended on the Gold Salt trade and control of the Niger River to dominate West Africa.
The correct answer is D) ice formed on the rigging, rails, sails and a storm crippled one of the ships. That was the time when Magellan found a sea route called Straits of Magellan, which is in southern Chile. It is the most important passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
I don't know all the answers to your questions but, I will tell you what I know.
The Bible says in Matthew 1:18, "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows when his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit." And then I'm going to skip down to verse 23 which is the prophecy fulfilled by the prophet Isaiah, it says, "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel," which translated means "God is with us."
An angel or the Holy Spirit came to Mary and told that she would have a son and he told her to name him Jesus.
Jesus was made like a human except he could not sin.
Mary and Martha were sisters and Lazarus was their brother. Their relationship with Jesus was that they were his close friends.
We are made in the likeness and image of our Heavenly Father, God.
Jesus is a role model for us because he died on the cross. While he was on the cross he took all our sins upon himself. He was so covered in sin that his Father, God could not even look at him.
