Slavery looks to be the right answer
The development of mass production and cheap shipping meant that <span>factory goods could be purchased across the US.
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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
Britain and Ireland are the main ones, followed by (not sure if all of them)
around The UK:
<span>Shetland
Orkney
Outer and Inner Hebrides </span>
Wight
Sheppey
Hayling
Anglesey
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Greece:
Crete
Lesbos
Rhodes
Chios
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In the Atlantic close to Europe:
Azores
Canary Islands
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Greenland
Danish and Swedish Islands:
<span>Bornholm
Zealand</span>
Lolland
Gotland
Orust
<span>Mediterranean:
Sicily
Sardinia
Malta
Elba
Corsica
Balearic Islands
St. Paul's Island
Greece:
Crete
Lesbos
Rhodes
Chios
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Hope this helped.
