What factors were significant in the decline of both the mali and songhai empires? conversion to islam, and natural disasters civil war of succession, and natural disasters invasions by neighboring countries, and conversion to islam civil war of succession, and invasions by neighboring countries.

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The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".