The Ghana empire was know as (wagadou) it was west Africa empire located in the area of present day Southeastern Mauritania and Western Mali
Complex scientist based on trans Sahara trade with salt and gold had exited in the region since ancient times,but the introduction of the camel to the western Sahara on the 3rd century opened the way to great changes in the area that become the Ghana empire
By the time of Muslim conquest of North Africa in the 7th century,the camel had changed the ancient more irregular trade route into a trade network.
When Ghana's ruling dynasty began remain uncertain,it is mentioned for the first time in writing records by Mohammed IBN Musa Al khwarizm abuof in 830 ,in the 11th century cordoban scholar abuof traveled to the region and gave the details discription of the kingdom.he claimed that Ghana could put 200.000 men in a field more than 40.000 of them archers and noted they had Calvary forces as well.
As the empire declined,it finally became a vassal of the rising Mali empire at some point in the 13th century, when the gold coast in 1957 became the first country in sub Sahara Africa to regain Independence from colonial it renamed itself in honor of the long gone empire
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