They served as tranportation across the Sahara dessert
The "Great Three" West African empires were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
The two other important West African empires were the Ghana Empire and the Songhai Empire. The Ghana Empire, thriving from around the 6th to 13th centuries, was known for its wealth in gold and its strategic trade routes across the Sahara. The Songhai Empire, which emerged in the 15th century, became one of the largest empires in African history, known for its cultural and intellectual centers, particularly in Timbuktu. Both empires played significant roles in the trans-Saharan trade and the spread of Islam in the region.
Timbuktu.
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The "Great Three" West African empires were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
The people that carried goods from Europe to west African empires were Portuguese people.
salt and gold
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
The Songhai Empire
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The ancient empires phase of West African history came first
The main sources of wealth and power of all the West African empires was the armies they built whose superior iron weapons let them take control of the trade in salt and gold.
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Songhai
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Camels contributed to the success of West African trading kingdoms because of their usefulness as pack animals on the gold route.