Ghana
What made the Ghana Empire wealthy?
Gold and salt trade
What made the Ghana empire fall?
Foreign invasion
What made the Ghana empire powerful?
monopolizing the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt
What made the Ghana empire successful in trade?
strategic location between the Saharan salt mines and West African goldfields
What did the Ghana empire look like?
sophisticated cities with stone architecture, a strong, trade-focused economy, and a powerful king who controlled extensive gold-salt trade routes between the Sahara and the savanna