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AFRICAN KINGDOMS 
Ghana
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The kingdom was established ~800 CE, when a number of villages were united under a single ruler
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mali
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As Ghana declined, Mali took over much of the kingdom, and therefore, its trade in gold
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Songhai
In the 1460s, a city named Gao became the center of a new empire: Songhai
Its founder, Sonni Ali, used his army to take control of vital trade routes and important cities, like Timbuktu
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As with many monarchies, succession issues caused instability in Songhai; in 1586, these disputes led to a civil war
Leaders in Morocco to the north took advantage of the chaos to overthrow the Songhai and seized their gold supplies for themselves
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