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The Niger and Islam

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The rise of West African empires — Ghana, Melle, and Songhay — along the Niger, and their transformation through centuries of contact with Islam and trans-Saharan trade.

Bilad es Sudan, "Land of the Blacks"West African empires: Ghana, Melle, SonghayTrans-Saharan trade and the spread of IslamTimbuctoo as a center of learning

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