Ancient Africa many empires were located in Africa. one empire decided to be located by the Niger River that actually was a great location they usually.

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Ancient Africa many empires were located in Africa. one empire decided to be located by the Niger River that actually was a great location they usually used the river for trade and its water. In the next slide I'm going to tell you about he two main goods in empires.

Two Main Goods in Africa One of the two main goods in Africa was salt. Another good was gold. These two goods were used for trade. Salt and gold were used a lot in Africa.

salt and gold salt came from the north Gold mines brought gold from the south.