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Geography-Africa is a continent comprising 62 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface.
==Trade- For a long time, West Africans had ventured into the desert for trade. Their horses couldn't go far without water. In AD 200s, the situation changed. Romans started to use camels to carry goods throughout northern Africa. These long-legged animals could store water and energy in their bodies for long periods of time. One of the things that they traded the most was Salt and Gold.==

Culture-A traditional belief-A traditional belief showed the importance of families.Many West Africans believed that the unseen spirits of their Ancestors stayed nearby.
==Empire of Ghana- **The Ghana Empire was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania and western Mali. The domestication of the camel, which preceded Muslims and Islam by several centuries, brought about a gradual change in trade, and for the first time they took gold, ivory, trade, and salt resources that could be sent to north and east to population centers in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe. **==
 * Empire of Mali- the Mali Empire also historically referred to as the Manden **
 * Kurufaba was a Mandinka empire in West Africa from c. 1230 to c. 1600. **

Mansa Musa- Mansa Musa was a very rich king. He was said to have taken more than 500 people with him on the hajj, each carrying a staff of solid gold.
==Empire of Songhai-The Songhai Empire, also know as the Songhai empire , was a Songhai state located in western Africa.From the mid - 15th to the late 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history.== ==Askia the Great- Askia the Great, also known as Muhammad Ture, was a Soninke King of the Songhai Empire in the late 15th century. Askia Muhammad strengthened his country and made it the largest country in West Africa's history.==

Artistic Traditions-African Tradition is expressed through many diffrent art forms, such as music, dance, art, sculpture and beadwork.


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