The following excerpt comes from a description of the kingdom of ghana, written by an 11th-century arab from spain, al-bakri:
in the king's town, and not far from his court of justice, is a mosque where the muslims who arrive at his court pray. around the king's town are domed buildings and groves and thickets where the sorcerers of these people, men in charge of the religious cult, live. in them too are their idols and the tombs of their kings.
source: public domain
what fact about ancient ghanaian society does the excerpt support? (5 points)
choose one answer.
a. over time, islam became the major religion.
b. the muslims in ghana arrived as traders.
c. the king of ghana was a just ruler.
d. traditional religion coexisted with islam.

1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.