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questions about sub-saharan African kingdoms?

O.k. I have learned about various kingdoms that developed in Africa. My question is why did they leave so little behind? For example the Sahelian Kingdoms of Mali, Songhai, and Ghana, we know from history that they were great, however, unlike the Egyptians ,they didn't leave much behind. Yes, Iknow there is a beautiful mud mosque in Mali, but Why didn't they built greater monuments like pyramids and temples, stuff like that. Could stone not be found in the Sahel? Were there no other resources they could use ?
2nd question Concerning the great Zimbabwe, it is good that the ancient zimbabweans, who are supposedly the ancestors of the modern day shona people ( who are the majority in zimbabwe) built the city However, why didn't they built all of their cities like that of zimbabwe, instead of only two { the great zimbabwe and Khami, another city though smaller than zimbabwe.}?

It's about climate.

The climate of Egypt is perfect for preserving ancient artifacts. Most other places are not so lucky. In Egypt, if you wrote something on paper and buried it in the sand, the warm dry climate might keep the paper from rotting to nothing for thousands of years.

In the other kingdoms, if they built buildings out of anything less durable than stone, chances are they fell apart over time. And even if the buildings didn't fall apart so quickly, the written storehouses of knowledge did.

It's also true that in Sub Saharan Africa, people had to maintain a certain distance from their sources of fresh water, since insect borne pathogens were concentrated at water sources. This tends to limit how big any one city can get.

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