History: The History Of Ghana, Mali, And Songhai

Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire. It came from the title of its emperor, the Ghana. After the Empire began to break up, it became incorporated into the Mali Empire. People began farming and that gave rise to village settlements and soon groups of people came into the region. The Dagomba states were the earliest kingdoms to come in present-day Ghana and was well established by the 26th century. The earliest humans were hunter-gatherers. Its rulers were renowned for their wealth in gold, the opulence of their courts, and their hunting skills. They traded with the Akan people but they had gold in reach of natural harbors so the European nations wanted to also trade with the Ghanaians. The Portuguese even built tons of

At their start, they were attacked by the British, they gave them a good sum of gold, even though it was against their will. Throughout their rule, they took over much unclaimed land and conquered many small cities around them. They were attacked several times by other places that wanted their land. They generally won and get the attackers as slaves. The Ashanti were one of the biggest exporters of slaves to several places, affecting them all. The Ashanti, though not very powerful, is still in existence. It is a sub city in Ghana and provides over 90% of Ghana's gold. Ghana is a large gold supplier to Italy. So in ways, the Ashanti empire is still plays a decent part in today's society.

The Ashanti tribe, is located on the gold coast of West Africa in the center of Ghana it is known to be one of the largest tribe of the entire region. According to David Luca the author of the article The Ashanti Legal System says that the Ashanti tribe was under British control from the year 1873 until 1951, but had little or no effect on the way their society was developed since they were free to develop their own laws, religious, and etc. (Luca 2005). British domination had no effect on their way the society was able to be built is because Ashanti tribe had the freedom to make the society the way they wanted it since British people did not intervene on the way it was being built. According to Buzz Ghana the Ashanti tribe dominated most of the modern province of Ghana from 1670-1902 (BuzzGhana 2016). The Ashanti tribe was known to dominate most of Ghana since it was one of the largest and most powerful tribe in the region since it was one of the most indigenous groups of the Akans (Ashanti and Fanti) of Ghana. They were also dominant because they were very rich in gold so they were able to start their own state without any financial issues, but then came the time of the 19th century, when trade of the slaves was completely abolished, and this was the major reason for the Ashanti Kingdom’s downfall (BuzzGhana 2016). The Ashanti had a major downfall when the slaves were abolished because they relied on the slaves in order to get things done around the kingdom and they used

Culture is one of the most relevant elements that can define not only a society but also a country’s cumulative beliefs and system. Often noted as the origins of a country, culture is definitive in the sense that it harbors all the elements that can provide justification on the traditions and norms set by the society for its members. More often than not, the society members follow norms in order to create a harmonious community, and the beliefs and the traditions serve as the poles or grounding rules for each member to follow. Culture is very dynamic in the way that it can change over a variety of foreign influences but what is permanent about it is that original elements about it often lingers with the influences, therefore making it multi-faceted and broad. More importantly, culture serves as an individual and unique trait each society has, and therefore sets it apart from other countries and other societies.

Even before Europeans came to Africa, the kingdoms in Africa were quite wealthy. As previously mentioned, Ghana was a very strong kingdom in which its people were also incredibly wealthy. Their government appeared to be wealthy as well, which assisted Ghana in being able to control the gold and salt trade. An Arab scholar, Al-Bakri, wrote about the king’s court and how basically everything that the court had was gold (Document 2). The point of view of this document was also positive, and that is because scholars are usually upper class, just like the king’s court. Al-Bakri thought very highly of the court, and explains in detail how every person has some gold on them and how their surroundings also possessed gold. Ghana had a strong army and an intelligent political counsel, which made other countries fear them. Nations around Ghana did not want to start problems and usually just maintained peace with Ghana (Document 3). Ghana was not the only successful kingdom, one of the leaders of Mali, Mansa Musa,

Neolithic people that had lived in Egypt began to travel toward the northern corner of the continent of Africa. Records and writing show the ruins of the early civilizations, and the setting of Sub- Saharan Africa had a great impact on human growth. Kingdoms thrived through this time because of the natural resources that the geography of Africa provided. The ancient Kingdoms of Africa were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. They are located in the western region of Africa. The kingdoms became very prosperous and their achievements impacted the following world that grew in the later years.

The relationship between the geography of West Africa and the development of the Kingdom of Ghana go hand in hand. It was a great place for civilization because it flourished over time. The Kingdom of Ghana’s development was helped because of trade and wealth.

In early Africa, the kingdom of Ghana was prosperous due to the trade of salt and gold. Ghana’s location benefited it in many ways. First Ghana’s location allowed them to be the center of the Gold/Salt trade. Since salt was so valuable at the time, the people of Ghana were able to sell salt for gold throughout Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Middle East. Ghana also made a lot of revenue from taxes on the Gold/Salt trade route. Since they were the center

The first empire in West Africa was the empire of Ghana. West Africa has an economic base in gold, 600 years ago. That means that West Africa had a deposit of gold that had brought great wealth to the surrounding people from which great empires emerged. The gold was trade and the trader with camels carried the gold across the Sahara from West Africa to North Africa. From there traders shipped the gold to Europe and to the West Asia. One of the three most powerful empires in West Africa is Ghana. In the 11th century,

Nearing end of classical period, imp. local rule emerged including Ghana, the 1st major one.

Mali was once called Ghana. The colossal Ghana Realm (c.800-1230) was situated in western Mali. "Ghana" signifies "warrior ruler" in the dialect of the Soninke (the indigenous individuals of the Senegal waterway valley). At the time, it was the world 's wealthiest nation. The Ghana Realm controlled the entry of extravagance merchandise and slaves over the Sahara. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, a Persian court cosmologist in the eighth century, called it "the place where there is gold". The present day condition of Ghana was named to pay tribute to the domain, yet shares no regular land.

How did the polity of Ancient Ghana arise? How did Ghana maintain its strength and what were some of the challenges? The Wagadou Empire was a monarchy, and the king was regarded by the people to be a semi-divine figure who kept order and justice. Ghana was not rich in natural resources as it was located along a major trade route between ivory and gold producing areas and salt miners in the Sahara. Merchants were lured into Ghana by the wealth of gold and prosperity helped the capital, Kumbi Saleh, to be a center of trade. The country will eventually become a prosperous entrepôt. Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and transportation of camels during the Sub-Saharan trade to increase the quantity of goods that were transported. The traditional Ghanan religions and Islam spread

Have you ever wanted to know how Ancient Ghana became so wealthy? The trick is trade. Salt and gold were the key ingredients so the civilization could prosper, and also how ancient Ghana became one of the richest civilizations in 300 CE -1240 CE. Ancient Ghana was believed to be founded in 200- 300 although we still aren’t sure exactly when the empire was established. A tribe of people called the Soninke formed to create a union and an outsider from a far away land became the king.

The Mali Empire began when a small Malinke kingdom within the Ghana Empire grew ever more powerful.

I believe that Mali could have been saved. I think this way because after emperor, to emperor died another one had to take over, or else Mali would have died down very quickly. Each emperor had to have not had good leadership seeing how easily they died down and got taken over by other civilizations. The most detrimental thing that happened is probably bad leadership because if you don’t have that then how are you going to rule a civilization. The next thing is probably how they had droughts, and if you have droughts you can’t farm, and if you can farm you can't feed your civilization although the niger river made this less devastating. An unknown plague had killed many people in the late 1500s. To prevent some of these things from happening