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    Ancient Ghana ruled from 300 to 1100 CE as a west African empire based in modern-day southeast Mauritania and western Mali. The empire had a feudal government led by kings called kafu who ruled territorial units. Dinga Cisse became the first Ghana warrior king and established the ruling clan. Ancient Ghana participated in regional trade of goods like gold, salt, ivory, slaves, cloth, weapons, and books and was also influenced by the spread of Islam throughout northwest Africa.

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    Ancient Ghana ruled from 300 to 1100 CE as a west African empire based in modern-day southeast Mauritania and western Mali. The empire had a feudal government led by kings called kafu who ruled territorial units. Dinga Cisse became the first Ghana warrior king and established the ruling clan. Ancient Ghana participated in regional trade of goods like gold, salt, ivory, slaves, cloth, weapons, and books and was also influenced by the spread of Islam throughout northwest Africa.

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    Ancient Ghana ruled from 300 to 1100 CE as a west African empire based in modern-day southeast Mauritania and western Mali. The empire had a feudal government led by kings called kafu who ruled territorial units. Dinga Cisse became the first Ghana warrior king and established the ruling clan. Ancient Ghana participated in regional trade of goods like gold, salt, ivory, slaves, cloth, weapons, and books and was also influenced by the spread of Islam throughout northwest Africa.

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    Ancient Ghana

    By: Christopher Correia


    Ancient Ghana

    Ancient ghana ruled from about 300 to 1100 CE


    Map of the ancient ghana empire

    The map to the left is ancient Ghana and the right is modern day Ghana
    Ancient Ghana art

    Carving of a female

    Memorial head
    Memorial head
    made of gold
    Carving of people
    Background

    The Ghana Empire was a west


    African empire based in modern-day
    southeast Mauritania and western
    Mali.
    Government

    Ancient Ghana had a feudal


    government that had kings
    that were rulers of territorial
    units often called kafu.
    Dinga cisse

    Dinga cisse became the first Ghana


    (warrior king) and his clan became
    the rulers of the new state. Even in
    current day politics the cisse name
    is prominent in politics in Mali and
    Mauritania.
    Culture

    There was an influence of


    Islam in ancient ghana and
    was influenced throughout
    northwest africa.
    Trade

    Ghana was known for trading lots


    of goods like gold and salt but
    traded many other things. Some
    things they traded were ivory,
    slaves, cloth, weapons, and books.
    Visual timeline
    610 ce-Mohammed 1076 ce-The
    was called prophet decline of ancient
    ghana

    300 ce-The start 1000 ce-The peak


    of ancient ghana of Ancient ghana

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