State
Ghana Empire
West African empire based in modern-day Mauritania and Mali (c. 200–c. 1200s)
- This boundary
- 100–1200 CE
- Founded
- 100 CE
- Ended
- 1200
- Capital
- Koumbi Saleh
- Government
- monarchy
- Languages
- Soninke
Overview
The Ghana Empire (Arabic: غانا), also known as simply Ghana, Ghanata, or Wagadu, was an ancient western-Sahelian empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali.
It is uncertain among historians when Ghana's ruling dynasty began. The first identifiable mention of the imperial dynasty in written records was made by Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī in 830. Further information about the empire was provided by the accounts of Cordoban scholar al-Bakri when he wrote about the region in the 11th century.
Records (4)
- 1054–1077 — Almoravid–Ghanaian WarWar
- 1054 — Battle of AudaghostBattle · Almoravids ▸ Ghana
- 1076 — Battle of KumbiBattle · Almoravids ▸ Ghanaian Empire
- 1203 — Battle of KumbiBattle · Sosso Empire ▸ Ghanaian Empire
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).