The economy of Ancient African Empires was mostly based on trade. Without trade the empires would have no source of economy besides gold. The trade systems of the empires were advanced, the trade market went throughout Africa and had many traders come from many lands mostly Arabs. The Europeans were interested in African products. When t

hey began trading with the Songahi Empire but the Songhai only wanted gold from the European traders. The Africans main trade was food, tools and gold, gold was the most popular trade for all the Empires. Many things were transferred from different areas of Africa due to trade. The Ghana Empire taxed traders that came through, taxes and gold was Ghana's main economy. Without any help from the Europeans the Africans created a steady trade market and a very wealthy economy.

All and all, The African Empires had set up strong economy, a government system, religious beliefs, and significant advancements without the involvement of Europeans. They were advanced in all of those fields and they had there own style of doing it. They were very civilized people with strong religious beliefs; they learned off other cultures applying there ideas to their own daily life creating a

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