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Orignated from groups of farmers. Later controlled major trade.
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The empire of Ghana falls to the Almoravids. Overgrazing and rebellion helped the decline of Ghana.
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SUndiata used the riches and power to created the Mali Empire. He also was the one to conquer Ghana.
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Mansa Musa was in power. He gave out gold and made Mali famous.
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Yoruba (Oyo) empire: It began in 1400 and ended in 1904.At its height from mid-seventeenth century to late eighteenth century. In Western Africa and had almost all of the Yoruba-speaking people under its control. Had a strong military and political system, and was the only African empire to use a cavalry.
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Benin: 1440-1897. Ruled over an area that is now mostly Mid-western to western Nigeria. Traded with Europeans, had strong legion-based army
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Mansa Musa's son, Maghan, was a weak ruler and led the way to Mali's Decline. Also the Tuareg invaded and destroyed Mail.
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The Songhai Empire began after Mali's decline. Powerful people like Askia The Great were present during the reign of the Songhai Empire.
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Moroccan invaders fight Songhai. They come armed with arquebuses.
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West Africans pass on their history through oral histoy. People called griots are the ones who pass on the West African History.
