The important natural resource in West Africa that the Songhai Empire controlled was salt.
This salt was predominantly found in the Sahara desert - there are still a lot of salt mines in this West African desert. The Songhai Empire heavily relied on salt trade, which brought most of its money into the empire - this is the reason why it was so powerful at the time - because of salt and gold.
Serfs, also known as peasants, were the lowest class of citizen in feudal societies. They were allowed to live on land own by Lords in return for labor, which was practically slavery.
<span>The valid next step for the senatorial seat that he left empty when Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia passed away on June 28, 2010. He was still a serving Senator in West Virginia is letter B, have the governor install an interim senator. He was a proud member of the Democratic Party.</span>
