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Ancient Ghana

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

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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