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Empire of Ghana
Islamic Influences
The Almoravids' temporary control over the Kingdom of Ghana significantly weakened the empire by disrupting its lucrative trans Saharan trade routes, causing internal unrest, and extracting tribute, which ultimately led to the decline of Ghana's political power and its eventual collapse into smaller states
Because Ghana was built from trading so without trading their empire basically declined. and because trade was decreeing the people were lousing money and there government were also they were also losing money.
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Empire of gahna
However, this trade remained infrequent and irregular because of the harsh desert conditions. Most pack animals—oxen, donkeys, and horses—could not travel very far in the hot, dry Sahara without rest or water.
Berber nomads began using camels. The camel could plod steadily over much longer distances, covering as much as 60 miles in a day. With the camel, nomads blazed new routes across the desert and trade increased.
The ironmaking technologies that had developed by 500 BC in West Africa enabled trade as people manufactured agricultural tools, weaponry, and other implements.
The iron weapons helped West African empires keep order on the trade routes, providing safe passage to merchants. Iron tools also helped increase agricultural production, and agricultural surplus could be traded
By the eleventh century, Arabic writing became important for recording contracts, sharing information, and keeping other records. Pottery made locally could be used to store and transport goods, and canoes were used to carry materials and goods along the Niger River to trading towns.
The trans-Saharan trade routes crossed the savanna through the region farmed by the Soninke (soh•NIHN•keh) people. The Soninke people called their ruler ghana, or war chief. Muslim traders began to use the word to refer to the Soninke region. By the 700s, Ghana was a kingdom, and its rulers were growing rich by taxing the goods that traders carried through their territory.
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Land of gold
In the year 800, Ghana had become empire
Because Ghana was kind he had controlled trade, and commanded a large army
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Only the king had the right to own gold nuggets, although gold dust freely circulated in the marketplace
He headed a large bureaucracy and could call up a huge army. In 1067, a Muslim geographer and scholar named al-Bakri wrote a description of Ghana’s royal court.
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Social Organization
The Empire of Ghana included many groups in which some had their own language and customs. The trade was able to connect people and communities. This led to the cities developing similarities.
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Ghanan was a matrilineal society, meaning that ancestry and inheritance passed through the mothers lineage. For example, the kings son was not the kings heir, the son of the king's sister was the heir.
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