Kingdom Fact-finding by Kyle Wright https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85 Share and discover interesting facts about the West African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. en-us 2025-04-07 18:32:14 UTC 2025-04-08 20:05:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Instructions kwright15_10 https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3399317266

  • Comment under your giving West African Kingdom (Ghana, Mali, or Songhai).

  • Each group will make one post.

  • Share why you might think these places in Africa thrived as kingdoms.

  • Think about how each location might have used natural resources. Check for bodies of water that could have been used.

  • Make your team's comments on at least three reasons they thrived.

  • Remember that your looking at google earth in the modern day so some natural resources may be different.

    • ]]>     2025-04-07 18:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3399317266     it had several rivers running through, there was a lot of forest and they had access to the ocean for transcontinental trade rmccann17 https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3401317196 2025-04-08 20:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3401317196 Three reasons that Mali thrived: they had locations along the Atlantic Ocean, allowing for trade, they had a system of rivers, allowing for travel further inland, and they were located centrally in Africa, creating a checkpoint where other countries must pass through to trade https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3401317372 2025-04-08 20:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3401317372 There's a bunch of sand, which they could use for sand trade. Nah just kidding, they had a bunch of geographic advantages such as gold and salt mines. They also harvested ivory from elephants tusks. These were all commodities which were valuable in trades at the time of the Ghanaian Empire. oherrera18 https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3401319563 2025-04-08 20:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kwright15_10/pduqlabr1m56xr85/wish/3401319563