The French were the first big empire who recognized this area's immense strategic value.

法国是第一个认识到这一地区巨大战略价值的大帝国。

So in one way, winning the Seven Years War cost Britain its first empire.

所以在某种程度上，赢得七年战争让英国失去了第一个帝国。

Anyway, the first kings we have a record of adopting Islam were from Ghana, which was the first " empire" in western Africa.

无论如何，我们有记载的第一批接受伊斯兰教的国王来自加纳， 这是西非的第一个“ 帝国” 。