Answer:
1) Savanna, Sahel
2) Sundiata took over Ghana...Mali became the center...Mansa Musa brought...Songhai took over Mali.
3) trade with Greeks and Romans, the influence of a captured Syrian servant
4) both were commercial and trade centers
5) Mali became primarily a Muslim culture.
6) Contact through trade resulted in a multicultural mix that influenced language.
7) It allowed them to trade natural resources for items they needed.
8) a clan
9) They controlled how much of it was available.
10) The languages they established are still spoken today.
11) It brought world attention to Mali.
12) Trade
13) trade across the Indian Ocean
14) to preserve cultural traditions
15) savanna
16) Oral traditions are like messages that are transmitted to generation after generation after generation etc. Proverbs are key features because proverbs are sayings they all listen to as a sort of way of uniting people. Music is also very important as it was used as a way of communication.
17) 'Askia the Great' aka Askia Muhammad was the ruler of the Songhai Empire in the late 15th century. He was a Muslim, who in his term ordered a number of Muslim schools and Mosques. He promoted learning about Islam. He also requested that Muslim scholars come and spread the word of Islam among the Songhai Empire.
18) Both regions had very powerful rulers. The West was reigned by the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Somalia which existed in the centuries around 800 CE and 1350 CE. These were localized along the Niger River. The East was reigned by the Egyptian and Nubian Kingdoms. However, these civilizations developed tenths of centuries earlier than the West. Around 1800 BCE to 1000 BCE.
What both regions had in common were their extensive trade networks. The West traded goods such as gold, copper, and salt in exchange for manufactured goods such as textiles and leather from Northern Africa, The Middle East, and Europe. The East also had very active trading routes, setting the world's first connections with India and China.