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…showed last 75 words of 432 total…signs of declination became apparent. The decline was brought on by a series of invasions by the Songhay and Mossi people. Mali continued to exist as a small, semi-independent state for many years. Ghana and Mali were two very important kingdoms in the history of the continent as well as the world as a whole. Researching their times of prosperity and also their decline can be keys in unlocking the mysteries of the twenty-first century.