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A succession of three great kingdoms came to power as their peoples gained control of valuable trade routes in West Africa. Ghana (GAH- nuh) was the first of these empires, followed by the kingdoms of Mali (MAH-lee) and Songhai (SAWNG-hy). Historians think the first people in Ghana were farmers along the Niger River.

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