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Empire of Ghana - Coggle Diagram
Empire of Ghana
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Islamic Influences- Kade
While Islam spread through North Africa by conquest, south of the Sahara, Islam spread through trade. Muslim merchants and teachers settled in the states south of the Sahara and introduced their faith there
By the end of the 11th century, Muslim advisors were helping the kingdom run
Animism is the belief that spirts live in animals, plants, and natural forces. Some of the people did not convert
Although the almoravids withdrew from the Ghana, the war disrupted all the gold-salt trade
Ghana never resigned there power but helped islam to gain foothold in the region and west african-north african trade that Ghana developed would continue for centuries, although the trade routes would shift
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Empire of Ghana - Gabby
By AD 200, trade across the Sahara had existed for centuries. However, this trade remained infrequent and irregular because of the harsh desert conditions.
In the third century AD, Berber nomads began using camels. The camel could plod steadily over much longer distances, covering as much as 60 miles in a day.
Other technologies and developments also facilitated interregional trade between North and West Africa.
The ironmaking technologies 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.
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3 tier social class Nobles, Commoners, Slaves
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Ghana’s society included miners, agricultural laborers, metalworkers, and leather crafters.
Ghana was a matrilineal society, meaning that ancestry was traced through the mother's lineage. Inheritances also passed through the mother's lineage.