Discuss the contributions of Mansa Musa to the greatness of the Mali empire.

Discuss the contributions of Mansa Musa to the greatness of the Mali empire.

2. Using the Asante empire as a case study, discuss the role of the trans-Saharan trade in the emergence and growth of the western Sudanese polities (states and empires).

3. Discuss the contributions of iron technology to the process of state formation in Bantu Africa (reference specific polities in your discussion).

4. Evaluate the contributions of international trade to the process of state formation in the Swahili city states.