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-West Africa's largest pastoral society;its members gradually adopted Islam and took on a religious leadership role that led to the creation of a number of new states.

A) Paleolithic persistence
B) Igbo
C) Iroquois
D) Timur
E) Fulbe
F) Ming dynasty China
G) Zheng He
H) European Renaissance
I) Ottoman Empire
J) seizure of Constantinople in 1453
K) Safavid Empire
L) Songhay Empire
M) Timbuktu
N) Mughal Empire
O) Malacca
P) Aztec Empire
Q) Inca Empire