History Enhanced Scope and Sequence: WHI

Locate Ghana, Mali, and Songhai in the western region of Africa, south of the Sahara Desert, near the Niger River. Understand that African people and African goods played an important role in European interest in world resources. Explain how Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling trade in West Africa. Explain how West African empires impacted European trade as the Portuguese ... ................
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