“Ghana, a land full of gold. Africa, a land full of resources.” Where is Ghana and what is it known for? In my paper, we will learn the location, population, how they citizens received their known name, and many more interesting facts.
Ancient Ghana was located just south of the Sahara Desert. It was mostly dry savanna grasslands. The Ghana empire was located in Western Africa, in what is modern day Mauritania, Senegal. Ghana was located by two rivers, the Senegal River and the Niger River. Ghana was the first ancient trading empire of Western Africa (7th-13th century). Even though Ghana had not been discovered until around 300 A.D., it was founded in the 7th century.
The population in Ghana was small although it is one of the first leading
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that ghana is a land full of gold and resources. in their paper, we will learn the location, population, how they citizens received their known name, and many more interesting facts.
- Explains that ghana was the first ancient trading empire of western africa, founded in the 7th century.
- Explains that ghana was one of the first leading empires because of its wealth, and a new, powerful, rich kingdom was discovered in the 300 a.d.
- Explains that the empire was started under their king dinga cisse, the first ruler of unified ghana.
- Explains that soninke a group who spoke mande was the first to start the ghana empire. the arabs gave them the name wagadu.
- Explains that ghana transported gold and salt by the senegal, niger, and gambia rivers. salt was adequate in sub-saharan africa, but was mostly used for trade.
- Explains that soninke a group who spoke mande was the first to start the ghana empire. the arabs gave them the name wagadu.
- Explains that ghana's government was a monarchy government with local kings that paid thanks to the ghana’s king. they gained the control of salt and gold in 300 ce.
- Narrates how ibn yasin captured aoudaghost and tunka manin took the throne. abu bakr captured kumbi saleh in 1076 ce.
- Explains the different resources that were traded on the sahara desert trade route, which was mainly salt and gold.
- Explains that the king traded gold for many products that were needed, such as ivory, salt, camels, horses, and cloth. mansa musa gave them free gold and allowed freedom of religion and education.
- Explains that ghana's rulers engaged in years of prosperous trading. strategic governing coupled with great location led to the rapid emergence of a very wealthy empire.
- Explains that ghana was located by two rivers because trading was the most important thing at the time and the rivers lead to a marketplace where the king collected taxes from any traders.
- Explains ghana's land was full of resources, but iron, gold, and salt were the most important. ghana traded gold for most of what they needed.
- Explains that the salt trade was taxed by the king, and slaves mined salt in tagmata.
Ghana’s government was a monarchy government with local kings that paid thanks to the Ghana’s king. Moreover, Ghana had a king to rule/control them and they were thanked from local kings. 300 CE. was the beginning of Ghana, this was also when they gained the control of salt and gold! Later on, in 300 CE, they made the discovery of iron. In 610 CE. the Muslims took over Ancient Ghana. Not long after, in 800 CE. Ghana was officially founded, but many stories/documentations say it was founded in 300 CE. Around 200 years later Ghana captured Aoudaghost and was the height of the Ghanaian …show more content…
Ghana’s land was full of resources, but iron, gold, and salt were the most important. Starting with gold, Ghana traded gold for most of what they needed as they had so much gold even their dogs wore gold collars. Ghana used gold to trade with other nations to get resources like livestock, tools and cloth. Ghana traded gold because they had so much of it the following was iron. Ghana used iron for strong weapons that they used in battle and tools that helped them live. Iron made items that helped Ghana become stronger. Iron helped Ghana a lot, but not as much as gold. In other words, Ghana used iron to make tools, weapons, and armor. Along with iron and gold came
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- Explains that the king of ghana was a powerful leader who controlled trade in the region and facilitated the extraction of natural resources.
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- Explains that the arabs had cities that were next to each other, one for muslums, and the other for natives. most of the information that has survived came from the arabics so it may have a sepecific cultural bias.
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- Explains how the people of ghana grew in strength, learned how to work with iron, and used iron tools for farming. as trade in gold and salt increased, ghana's rulers gained power.
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