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Old Ghana / Ghana Empire / Soninke Empire of Wagadou
c.AD 350 - 1237
The actual name of this state was Wagadou. "Ghana" simply means "king", but
it has come to be how this nation is generally referred to. The Empire of
Ghana was located in what is now south-eastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and
Eastern Senegal. The capital was at Kumbi Saleh. Old Ghana
controlled the Mandinka tribes of Mali, including the kingdom of
Kangaba. The modern Republic of
Ghana is located on the coast of West Africa. |
1062 - 1076 |
Fourteen years of war against the fanatical
Almorivids ends with the
capture and burning of Kumbi Saleh. The Almoravids are unable to hold onto
their prize, and the weakened Ghanaians retake it. The Mandinka of
Mali take the opportunity to
break away from Ghanaian rule.
Ghana ceases to be a commercial or military power after 1100. For a brief
period, until about 1230, the Soso people, who are rabidly anti-Muslim, control
a kingdom making up the southern portions of the Ghanaian empire, but the Almoravid
revolution effectively halts the growth of kingdoms and empires
in the Sahel for almost a century. |
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