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How did the West African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai generate money?

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Over time, the slave trade became even more important to the West African econo- my. Kings traded slaves for valuable goods, such as horses from the Middle East and textiles and weapons from Europe. The trans- Saharan slave trade contributed to the power of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
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Using trade to gain wealth, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were West Africa's most powerful kingdoms. 1. West Africa developed three great kingdoms that grew wealthy through their control of trade.

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So basically based on what I read this means that the king at that time ummm developed the different kingdoms and was basically more interested in trade which made him rich, hopefully this makes sense

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