Answer:
Ghana was the first great commercial state there
Explanation:
In regard to state-building in West Africa, it can be said that "Ghana was the first great commercial state there."
The above statement is true, because West African state-building, and Ghana, in particular, become the first commercial state in the region during the gold-salt trade of the trans-Saharan trade.
Because of the huge deposit of gold in Ghana, and the presence of Coast, both combined to help Ghana become a place to make transactions for the exchange of gold and salt in West Africa.
