In Regard to State Building in West Africa, It Can

question 44

Multiple Choice

In regard to state building in West Africa, it can be said that

• A) Ghana was the first great commercial state there.
• B) warfare with the Byzantines resulted in the eventual decline of the kingdom of Ghana.
• C) trade and commerce produced the growth of an integrated empire in the region.
• D) Zimbabwe replaced Ghana as the predominant trading nation of the area.
• E) it was conquered by Arabs.

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