The earliest fossilized human remains have been found in
eastern
or
southern africa

The correct answer is Eastern Africa.

The earliest fossilized human remains have been found in Eastern Africa.

Ethiopia is the place in Eastern Africa where the earliest fossilized human was found. Anthropologists have named the skeleton "Lucy," a 3.2 million years ape. Lucy was an  Australopithecus afarensis early human. It was discovered by Donald C. Johanson, in 1974, close to Hadar, Ethiopia.

mali had been a state inside of the ghanaian empire. after ghana fell because of invading forces and internal disputes, mali rose to greatness under the leadership of a legendary king named sundiata, the "lion king." the songhai empire, already weakened by internal political struggles, went into decline.