Koumbi Saleh
E339372
Koumbi Saleh was the principal urban and commercial center of the medieval West African Ghana Empire, renowned as a hub of trans-Saharan trade in gold and other goods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koumbi Saleh canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| buildingMaterial |
mudbrick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
North Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Maghreb
North Africa ⓘ Middle Niger region ⓘ
surface form:
Sahel
Sudan region ⓘ
surface form:
Sudanic region
|
| declinePeriod |
12th century
ⓘ
late 11th century ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Al-Bakri
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Bakri
|
| describedInWork | Book of Routes and Realms ⓘ |
| economicFunction |
redistribution center for goods
ⓘ
tax collection center ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | French archaeologists ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1914 ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ early 12th century ⓘ |
| hadFeature |
Muslim merchants' town
ⓘ
marketplaces ⓘ mosques ⓘ palace complex ⓘ royal town ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important site of early West African urbanism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ trade in salt ⓘ trade in slaves ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ghana Empire
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Mauritania ⓘ |
| partOf |
Trans-Saharan trade routes
ⓘ
surface form:
trans-Saharan trade network
|
| politicalFunction | seat of the Ghana king ⓘ |
| possibleCauseOfDecline |
Almoravid campaigns in Iberia
ⓘ
surface form:
Almoravid incursions
shifts in trade routes ⓘ |
| religionPresent |
Islam
ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ |
| role |
commercial center of the Ghana Empire
ⓘ
principal urban center of the Ghana Empire ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Ghana Empire ⓘ |
| tradedGood |
beads
ⓘ
copper ⓘ gold ⓘ ivory ⓘ salt ⓘ slaves ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.