The first millennium C.E. saw the rise of several sizable states in the western and central Sudan because of
a. settled agricultural populations and the expansion of trade.
b. the failure of smaller trading stations such as Timbuktu.
c. the decline of internal trade that promoted self-sufficiency.
d. both the failure of smaller trading stations such as Timbuktu, and the decline of internal trade that promoted self-sufficiency.
a
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