Question

1. What was the first West African gold trading empire?

Answer 1

Ghana was the first because they were the first to create a trade network of gold cuz.

Answer 2

Ghana​ was the first of these empires, followed by the kingdoms of ​Mali​ and ​Songhai​. Historians think the first people in Ghana were farmers along the ​Niger River​. Sometime after AD 300 these farmers, the ​Soninké​, were threatened by nomadic herders.