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Jan 1, 600
Ghana Begins
Ghana was established around 600 AD. The people of Ghana started as farmers, but the sahara desert expanded into their lands due to droughts. -
Jan 1, 600
People of Ghana began trading
The people started out as farmers, but after many droughts, they became Traders. One of there main trading partners were the Arabs. They traded ivory, slaves, and gold. -
Period: Jan 1, 600 to Jan 1, 1235
Ghana
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Jan 1, 1062
Tenkamenin Becomes ruler
This guy was all about architecture. He had a lavish castle of wood and mud, with windows,statues, and customized art. He built temples, prisons and tombs for his goverment officials. -
Jan 1, 1076
The Crumbling begins
Muslin invaders attack the empire, and capture the capital, which was the beginning of their decline. -
Jan 1, 1203
Honor Restoration?
King Sumanguru does his best to make Ghana great again, but....
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Jan 1, 1235
Ghana is defeated
A new empire east of Ghana, Mali, defeated Ghana, and ended the Empire, used their land and grew their own empire -
Jan 1, 1236
Mali rises with help of Sundiata
Sundatia, a magician/warrior becomes in charge of Mali. -
Period: Jan 1, 1236 to Jan 1, 1464
Mali
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Jan 1, 1240
Salt for Gold?
Sundiata destroys the remaining capital of Ghana, and becomes in charge of the gold for salt, salt for gold trade. -
Jan 1, 1307
Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa, grandnephew of Sundiata, takes charge. Very religous Muslim. -
Jan 1, 1324
Mecca Apparently A Gold Mine
Mansa Musa goes to Mecca on Hajj, and comes back with thousands of slaves, and a hundreds of pounds of gold. (Take that all you people who skip church!) -
Jan 1, 1332
Death of Mansa Musa
He left the empire in pretty good shape. Timbuktu was the learning center of the world. Mali had a strong goverment and a not in debt (gasp) economy. His empire was extremely patriotic. -
Jan 1, 1464
Songhai defeats Mali
Lead by Sunni Ali, a muslim, Songhai destroyed Mali, making it the most powerful West African Empire. -
Period: Jan 1, 1464 to
Songhai
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Jan 1, 1493
Genius on Throne
The smartest guy in all of Sonhai becomes the leader. Askia Muhammad, who liked learning, trade, and forcing neighbors to give up their men and boys as soldiers. -
Jan 1, 1497
Songhai becomes more advanced
Askia, like Mansa Musa back in Mali, did his hajj, and went to Mecca. He came back with a different kind of gold, doctors, architects, scientists and scholars. He brought back the gold of educated people. (see a pattern, church/temple/mosque/mass skippers?) Banks, schools, mosques and courts were created. They were living the dream -
Songhai is Destroyed.
An invasion from Morocco and Spain, destroys Songhai, the last African Empire -
King of Ghana
The king of Ghana became a Muslim. He taxed goods through his kingdom and created a large army to exact tribute (collect payment for protection) from neighboring communities.
