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Ghana's Empire Geography
- Capital: Koumbi Saleh
- Languages: Sonnke Mande (big language group)
- Religion: Islam, African Traditional Religion
- Goverment: Monarchy
- Located: Southeastern, Western Mali
- Landforms: Hills, lakes, swamps, grasslands, rainforest
- Climate: Very hot
- Natural: Iron, timber, yams, beans, rice, onions, rubber, fish, cotton, etc..
- Capital: Koumbi Saleh
- Languages: Sonnke Mande (big language group)
- Religion: Islam, African Traditional Religion
- Goverment: Monarchy
- Located: Southeastern, Western Mali
- Landforms: Hills, lakes, swamps, grasslands, rainforest
- Climate: Very hot
- Natural: Iron, timber, yams, beans, rice, onions, rubber, fish, cotton, etc..
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Economy
-The exchange or movement of goods and services between people, is one of the oldest human activities
- Their were trade routes that crossed the Sahara desert from west central Africa into north central and northwest Africa
-From their goods from the interior of Africa were exchanged across the Mediterranean Sea with Southern Europe
- They were giving up gold to get salt
Video: .youtube.com/watch?v=uM4JaN-HdpA&safe=active
-The exchange or movement of goods and services between people, is one of the oldest human activities
- Their were trade routes that crossed the Sahara desert from west central Africa into north central and northwest Africa
-From their goods from the interior of Africa were exchanged across the Mediterranean Sea with Southern Europe
- They were giving up gold to get salt
Video: .youtube.com/watch?v=uM4JaN-HdpA&safe=active
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Religion
-Ghana people face the east for the Kaaba
-Ghana people have two religions(Christianity and Islam)
- They would interact and they eventually split the country into two
-Country was split Islam vs. Non-Islam's
- Muslims tried to over power religions and therefore started a war
- Muslim and Non-Muslim war started in the early 1200's
-9th century Islam was introduced to Ancient Ghana
-Muslims came to Ghana for trading purposes and along with their goods they brought the Religion
-Many Ghanaians began to practice Islam at this time
-In 1076 the Almorauids, who were Muslims, conquered Ghana
-They attend to make Islam the only practiced religion but failed
-Ghana people face the east for the Kaaba
-Ghana people have two religions(Christianity and Islam)
- They would interact and they eventually split the country into two
-Country was split Islam vs. Non-Islam's
- Muslims tried to over power religions and therefore started a war
- Muslim and Non-Muslim war started in the early 1200's
-9th century Islam was introduced to Ancient Ghana
-Muslims came to Ghana for trading purposes and along with their goods they brought the Religion
-Many Ghanaians began to practice Islam at this time
-In 1076 the Almorauids, who were Muslims, conquered Ghana
-They attend to make Islam the only practiced religion but failed
![Picture](/uploads/2/4/1/1/24117980/1381849008.jpg)
Ghana's Art
- Buildings made of slabs of stone and wet clay
- Houses made of wet clay, straw, and sticks
- made sculptures out of wood
- Buildings made of slabs of stone and wet clay
- Houses made of wet clay, straw, and sticks
- made sculptures out of wood
Government
-Before inclusion in the sudanese empire, the people lived under a
commercial system.
- Scatterd communities and kingdoms with some
local authorty were gathered under the rule of one nierarchials
system++++
-An Emperor is on total rule
Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADOSXAUS8us&safe=active
-Before inclusion in the sudanese empire, the people lived under a
commercial system.
- Scatterd communities and kingdoms with some
local authorty were gathered under the rule of one nierarchials
system++++
-An Emperor is on total rule
Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADOSXAUS8us&safe=active
![Picture](/uploads/2/4/1/1/24117980/2567572.jpg)
Important People
- Kaya Magan Cisse or Kaya Maghan(c.350)
- Was a Soninke King of Wagadou.
- He was the founder of the Cisse Tounkara dynasty which later dominated the Ghana Empire from the 8th century
-Image : soninke soldiers
- Kaya Magan Cisse or Kaya Maghan(c.350)
- Was a Soninke King of Wagadou.
- He was the founder of the Cisse Tounkara dynasty which later dominated the Ghana Empire from the 8th century
-Image : soninke soldiers
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Cool Facts
- Ghana has the largest amount of churches in west Africa
- Ghanians normally were used clothes from abroad.
- Usually saved for special occasions like weddings, funerals, out-cloorings, Vodou festivals.
- The never Ghana will be located on the west coast of Africa
- The newer Ghana will be located on the West Coast of Africa
- They pound the food FuFu, pounded
- Ghana has the largest amount of churches in west Africa
- Ghanians normally were used clothes from abroad.
- Usually saved for special occasions like weddings, funerals, out-cloorings, Vodou festivals.
- The never Ghana will be located on the west coast of Africa
- The newer Ghana will be located on the West Coast of Africa
- They pound the food FuFu, pounded