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Empire of Ghana - Coggle Diagram

- - - - with the camel, nomad used more routes and trade increased
- - - - as long as the chiefs made their payments, the king left them in peace to rule their own people
        
        In the kings palace he stored gold nuggets and slabs of salt (collected as taxes)
        
        only the king had the right to own gold nuggets, although gold dust freely circulated in the marketplace
        
        the king limited the supply of gold and kept its price from falling.
    - - acted as a religious leader, chief judge, and military commander.
      - he headed a large bureaucracy and could call up a huge army.
      - in 1067, a muslim geographer and scholar named alBakri wrote a description of Ghanas royal court.
- - - - many kept their old beliefs and mixed it with Islam
      - concept: diffusion... combined their old practices with the new practices
      - How did temporary control by the Almoravids cause the decline of the kingdom of Ghana?
        Answer: weakened Ghana and collected tribute from Sudan
    - - many people kept their animistic beliefs and practices
        
        converts had to study the qur'an and had to learn arabic
        
        Muslim Almoravids completed their conquest of Ghana, eventually withdrew from Ghana, and the war badly disrupted the gold-salt trade.
        
        Ghana never regained its power and helped Islam gain a foothold in the region
        
        trade routes shifted, but Ghana's trade they developed continued