In the period from 1200 to 1450 CE, trans-Saharan trade networks influenced state formation in West Africa. Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which the process of West African state formation was influenced by trans-Saharan trade.

Which reasoning process is required by the prompt? Explain your choice and provide your reasoning in a brief response. (5 points)

The west African state was influenced by the trans-Sharan trade because west Africa contributed trade with the colonizers by trading gold, jewelry, and slaves in order to get weapons and salt from North America. Which made empires like Ghana, Mali, and Songhai wealthy. As well as Islam spreading to the sub-Saharan Africa which is west Africa.

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