What were the major kingdoms of West Africa?

In this lesson, we’ll explore the three major kingdoms of Ancient West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.Click to see full answer. Also question is, what did the kingdoms of West Africa have in common?The Islamic Kingdom of Morocco destroyed the Songhai empire. However the other Western African kingdoms and tribes wouldn’t trade with the Moroccans and the Gold Salt trade dissolved. All three of the Western African kingdoms depended on the Gold Salt trade and control of the Niger River to dominate West Africa.Additionally, which was one of the most important kingdoms of the west African forests? Ghana, Mali, and Songhai developed on West African’s savanna. At the same time, other kingdoms arose in the rain forests to the south of these grasslands. The people of the rainforests were not Muslim. Two of the most important kingdoms of the West African forests were centered around the cities of Ile-Ife and Benin. Similarly, how did the kingdoms of West Africa develop? The were created by men who became wealthy because of the gold-salt trade. They were extremely cunning, extremely lucky, or both. Their wealth gave them power turning them and their descendants into powerful lords of land and people.What are the African kingdoms? 9 Ancient African Kingdoms You Should Know About The Aksumite Empire. Where? Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen. The Kingdom of Ghana. Where? The Mali Empire. Where? The Songhai Empire. Where? The Kingdom of Zimbabwe. Where? The Kingdom of Mutapa. Where? The Ethiopian Empire. Where? The Kingdom of Kongo. Where?