Ghana Empire
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The Ghana Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African kingdom known for its control of trans-Saharan gold and salt trade routes between the 6th and 13th centuries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghana Empire canonical | 15 |
| Ancient Ghana | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical empire
ⓘ
medieval West African state ⓘ precolonial African polity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ghana Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Ghana
Wagadou ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Mande languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Soninke
|
| capital | Koumbi Saleh ⓘ |
| commonerReligion | traditional African religions ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledTradeRoute | trans-Saharan caravan routes ⓘ |
| coreRegion |
Sahel
ⓘ
upper Niger River region ⓘ upper Senegal River region ⓘ |
| currencyForm | gold dust ⓘ |
| declineCause |
external attacks
ⓘ
internal fragmentation ⓘ shifts in trade routes ⓘ |
| eliteReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| endTime | 13th century ⓘ |
| exportedCommodity | gold ⓘ |
| floruit |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ |
| governmentType | centralized kingdom ⓘ |
| importedCommodity |
horses
ⓘ
salt ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| knownFromSource |
Al-Bakri
ⓘ
Al-Idrisi ⓘ Arabic geographers ⓘ Ibn Khaldun ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo languages
|
| locatedIn | West Africa ⓘ |
| mainEconomicActivity |
gold trade
ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
| militaryFeature |
cavalry
ⓘ
use of iron weapons ⓘ |
| neighbor |
Almoravid dynasty
ⓘ
Sosso state ⓘ Takrur ⓘ |
| notSameAs | modern state of Ghana ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | monarchy ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | Ghana ⓘ |
| startTime | 6th century ⓘ |
| successor | Mali Empire ⓘ |
| wealthSource |
control of goldfields
ⓘ
taxation of trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ancient Ghana
this entity surface form:
Ancient Ghana