2) this african empire was located in what is now southeastern mauritania, western mali, and eastern senegal. it endured from the 8th to the 11th centuries and was made wealthy by the trans-saharan trade in gold and salt. the muslim almoravids under general abu-bakr ibn-umar conquered the empire in 1076.

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in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.