1. What role did leadership play in the rise and fall of the West African Kingdoms?

Trade was vital for the empires in West Africa and the state of Great Zimbabwe in the south. When trade could be maintained and the taxes collected, the empires thrived. But when trade was interrupted, the economies and empires suffered.

gaius cassius longinus and marcus junius brutus, former enemies of julius caesar who'd joined the roman senate, led caesar's assassination, dubbing themselves "the liberators." and the second one is   the assassination of julius caesar was the result of a conspiracy by many roman senators led by gaius cassius longinus, decimus junius brutus albinus, and marcus junius brutus. they stabbed caesar (23 times) to death in a location adjacent to the theatre of pompey on the ides of march 15 march 44 bc.