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Mali and Songhai forbade Islamic merchants and scholars from traveling within their empires, while Ghana allowed open trade with everyone.
Mali and Songhai forbade Islamic merchants and scholars from traveling within their empires, while Ghana allowed open trade with everyone.
Mali and Songhai both converted to and promoted Islam as their faith, while there is no evidence people in Ghana converted.
Mali and Songhai both converted to and promoted Islam as their faith, while there is no evidence people in Ghana converted.
Mali and Songhai both traded in gold, while Ghana primarily focused on the trade of salt and luxury goods.
Mali and Songhai both traded in gold, while Ghana primarily focused on the trade of salt and luxury goods.
Mali and Songhai engaged trade through the trans-Saharan trade route, while Ghana promoted maritime trade along the Atlantic Ocean.
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The best description of a difference between Ghana and the later West African states of Mali and Songhai is:
Mali and Songhai both converted to and promoted Islam as their faith, while there is no evidence people in Ghana converted.
This option highlights the significant role of Islam in the later empires while suggesting that the earlier Ghana Empire did not have the same level of Islamic influence or conversion.
