Week 8: Empires Comparison Chart West Africa - Empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
We have been looking at West Africa. Now it's time to put the information together. Use Kami
to put the significant events on the timeline below. When did the empires begin and end?
When were camels introduced to West Africa? Were there any significant events that happened
during the different empires? Create text boxes and a line to connect them to the timeline.
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Birth of
Christ
What were the significant details of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Where were the empire's
capitals? Did they control the salt and/or gold mines? Did they tax the tradel How did the
empire come to an end? If you just copy and paste from the Techbook, you will learn very little
You need to read the information in the Techbook, highlight what you think are the most
important ideas, and then use this worksheet to write them in your own words. As a final
step, Include at least three images for each empire. This should include a map.
Ghana