Mali , Ghana , and Benin.
Griots
Most people say that Africa does but africa is the continent acient egypt is in not the continent that borders it. Asia is the real continent that borders it because it's right above it.
portugal
Africa and Asia
Mali , Ghana , and Benin.
Egypt, Sudan & Zimbabwe
Early empires gained wealth and power by trading slaves, gold, and ivory.
Power and Money.
it MADE AFRICA WEALTHY, Because gold was used as money for many countries in that time.
The major trading state in this region is South Africa. It is one of the most economically stable countries in Africa.
They made it harder for them to live with out them, adn easier to live with them.
Africa mainly traded with Europe in exchange for machinery, Africa were trading 80,000 slaves per year. Also more and more countries trading with Europe and then they would raid other countries for slaves. Slavery played a big part in Africa because Africa wanted more guns and machinery.
Africa is a continent so we need to know particular countries you want to know about.
While there was no official "capital" (because of the multiple empires that come and go), one of (if not the) most important trade city in West Africa was Timbuktu.
Trading-post empires are those empires in the earlier centuries (13-15th) which traded vast goods and set up trading posts. Trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts (or 'Factories') were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very fat beyond the fortified post.
because africa were not discovered