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Empire of Ghana
Empire of Ghana
What discovery first allowed successful trade routes through the Sahara?
Ironmaking technologies and camels
Trade was infrequent due to desert
Most animals couldn't travel through hot desert
Berbers used camels
Ironmaking technologies
Helped protect merchants on trade routes
Created more efficient agriculture
More food= metalworking, trading, or administration
Soninke People
Trans-Saharan trade crossed through their region
Ruler: Ghana, War chief
Name of kingdom was changed to Ghana
rulers were growing rich by taxing the goods that traders carried through their territory.
the land of gold
Ghana’s king controlled trade and commanded a large army
In his royal palace, the king stored gold nuggets and slabs of salt
Only the king had the right to own gold nuggets
Ghana’s African ruler acted as a religious leader, chief judge, and military commander. He headed a large bureaucracy and could call up a huge army
Muslim geographer and scholar named al-Bakri wrote a description of Ghana’s royal court.
“The king adorns himself . . . wearing necklaces and bracelets. . . . The court of appeal is held in a domed pavilion around which stand ten horses with gold embroidered trappings. Behind the king stand ten pages holding shields and swords decorated with gold, and on his right are the sons of the subordinate [lower] kings of his country, all wearing splendid garments and with their hair mixed with gold.”
—Al-Bakri