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The Empire of Ghana, Land of Gold - Coggle Diagram
The Empire of Ghana
Islamic Influences
Islam spread through north africa by south of the Sahara, Islam spread through trade.
By the end of the 11th century, Muslim advisers were helping the king run his kingdom.
Animism
Animism is the belief that spirits living in animals, plants, and natural forces play an important role in daily life. Much of the population never converted.
Those who did kept many of their former beliefs, which they observed along with Islam.
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Gold-Salt Trade
Important= Gold and Salt
Gold- Forest region south of savanna, Miners dug Gold from shafts, deep as 100 ft, sifted from fast-moving shafts
Estimate about 1350, 2/3 of worlds supply of Gold from West Africa
West Africa's savanna/ forests lacked salt, essential to life
Saharan village of Taghaza, workers built houses from salt blocks
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empire of ghana
By AD 200, trade across the Sahara had been infrequent due to harsh desert conditions.
Berber nomads began using camels in the third century AD, which could travel 60 miles per day and ten days without water, enabling them to expand their routes and increase trade.
Interregional trade between North and West Africa was facilitated by ironmaking technologies, which enabled the production of agricultural tools and weapons.
The abundance of food allowed for more specialized trade. Arabic writing became important for contract recording, and local pottery and canoes were used for transportation.
The Soninke people, known as ghana, ruled the trans-Saharan trade routes, leading to the rise of Ghana as a kingdom.
Social Organization
In all of Ghana, the king was considered the supreme ruler.
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