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The capital of Ghana was Koumbi. The people started out as farmers.
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Ghanians stopped raising cattle, sheep, and dates. Now they started trading ivory, slaves, and gold
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In 1062 Tenkamenin became the new king of Ghana. He lived in a large wood house and mud castle.
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Sundiata, a magician and warrior, became the king of Mali.
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Sundiata destroyed the capital of Ghana and took over the salt and gold trade.
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Munsa musa became new king. He is the grandnephew of Sundiata
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Mansa Musa died but he left an empire governed by law and a good economy
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Sunni ali became a leader of Sonhai and he was the ruler of the most powerful West African empire
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Askia Muhammad was a brilliant leader.
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He went on pilgramge and brought back with him are doctors, architects, scientists, and scholars.
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Morocco and Spain came and destroyed the last of great African empires.
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the king of Ghana became a muslim.
