Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern Senegal and Southern Mauritania ... 10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click ...

Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel during the Trans-Saharan trade increased the quantity of goods that were transported. Majority of the knowledge ...

Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern ... quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding ...

Medieval Ghana (4th - 13th Century): The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa. The actual name of the Empire was Wagadugu. Ghana was the title of the kings who ...

History was my favourite subject because I love all the leaders of the great empires of Africa, for example: Soudiata Keita, Soumahoro Kante le vilain, Kissikaba Keita Almamji Samori Toure ...

Africa in History: Six historical debates from the ... Starting in the 10th century and ending in the 16th century, Ancient Ghana, Mali, Songhai and Kongo created a commercial climate as ...