KINGDOMS OF WESTERN SUDAN DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

Abstract

during the Middle Ages) is to introduce the geography of the Western Sudan region, the proportions of its population, the importance of its location, in addition to the most important kingdoms that established it and their succession, the factors that were behind its prosperity, the stages of its strength and weakness, and the extent of the influence of the spread of Islam and its civilization in those regions. Kingdoms, and the researcher adopted a critical analysis methodology, and the most important results were the importance of the location of those kingdoms and its role in their prosperity, as they reached the peak of their greatness when they relied on gold trade and export, in addition to the importance of the spread of Islam, which played a major role in increasing their activity.