The Sonike People of West Africa founded and ruled the empire. Ghana had a lot of gold and salt which was why the Soninke people chose Ghana to rule.
Songhai empire.
It helped spread the news about Mali to Africa and got more people to go to Mali. Also, his pilgrimage/hajj showed that he was a devote Christian and wanted to get others to convert to Islam, too.
a great percentage of the country lies on this zone.
they saved martin Luther king from a near death experience and he paid them millions upon millions of dollars. New discoveries of gold along River Niger made Mali wealthy.
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It seems as if the most well known river near Mali is the Niger River. The Niger River runs through Mali, Guinea, Niger and Nigeria.
The Niger River runs through & passes the country of Mali in Africa...
The Niger River was the most important river used for trade For Ghana and Mali
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The Niger River
The Niger River and Senegal River are the major rivers of Mali. There are also three lakes including Lake Débo. Lake Faguibine, and Lake Gossi.
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Mali has four rivers.The Niger river,the Senegal river,the Bafing river and the Bakaye river.
Mali was located along the Niger river which allowed the mila people to control trade along the river