Kingdoms of Africa Activity
By Jeff Perkins
Kingdom of Ghana
- Location: West Africa right along the coast
- Government: The government of Ghana is a republic
- Economy: Mixed economy
- Collapse: Many people believe that when the Arabs from North America invaded Ghana it caused a decline in trade and slowed everything down causing the collapse
Kingdom of Mali
- Location: West Africa in the savanna grasslands
- Government : Ghana was ruled by powerful kings
- Economy: farming, mining, trading(for gold and salt).
- Collapse: The Songhai conquered the empire after Mansa Musa past
Kingdom of Songhai
- Location: Located in West Africa
- Government: The Songhai Empire was set up like a dynasty so they had one leader to rule the whole empire
- Economy: The Songhai Empire traded salt, slaves, and gold. Money mainly surrounded by trading those things
- Collapse: Civil wars weakened the empire. While the empire was weak Moroccans took the empire over