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The Ghana Empire (Arabic: غانا), also known as simply Ghana, Ghanata, or Wagadou, was a West African classical to post-classical era western-Sahelian empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali. It is uncertain when Ghana's ruling dynasty began among historians.
Mar 5, 2019 · The Ghana Empire crumbled from the 12th century CE following drought, civil wars, the opening up of trade routes elsewhere, and the rise of the Sosso Kingdom (c. 1180-1235 CE) and then the Mali Empire (1240-1645 CE).
- Mark Cartwright
Apr 29, 2024 · Ghana, first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (fl. 7th–13th century). It was situated between the Sahara and the headwaters of the Sénégal and Niger rivers, in an area that now comprises southeastern Mauritania and part of Mali.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 26, 2023 · The Old Ghana Empire, sometimes referred to as the Wagadou Empire or simply Ghana, was a West African kingdom that flourished between the 4th and 11th centuries AD. Contrary to the modern-day nation of Ghana, the Old Ghana Empire was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania and western Mali.
The Ghana empire. While there were many city-states and small kingdoms in West Africa for centuries, the Ghana Empire was the first major agrarian empire to arise in the region. Its history is shrouded in mystery.
The Ghana Empire or Wagadou Empire (existed c. 750-1076) was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal. This is believed to be first of at least three great empires that would rise in that part of Africa from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries (it was followed by the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire ).
Feb 28, 2024 · The Ghana Empire crumbled from the 12th century CE following drought, civil wars, the opening up of trade routes elsewhere, and the rise of the Sosso Kingdom (c. 1180-1235 CE) and then the Mali Empire (1240-1645 CE).
