Kingdom of Ghana
When was the Kingdom of Ghana formed?
Around 700 C.E
What animal made the Trans-Saharan Trade more accessible giving the terrible conditions of the dessert?
Camels
A camel would say wednesday is?
Humpday
What is another name for Ghana that the textbook mentioned?
Wagadou
The Trans-Saharan Trade facilitated the expansion of what religion into West Africa?
Islam
Groups in West Africa mainly traded what?
kola nuts, animal products, and gold
Who was the Kingdom of Ghana founded by?
Soninke Farmers
What was one of the main Trans-Saharan trading towns along the Niger River
Gao or Djenne or Timbuktu
What conquest took place as the Trans-Saharan was expanding around 710
Muslim Arab
What was the way The Kingdom of Ghana gained a decent amount of wealth?
Through taxing salt and gold coming through the Trans-Saharan Trade
The last and greatest Trans-Saharan trade empire was what according to the textbook?
Songhai
What language was most of the contracts and trade inventories due to it's heavy influence throughout West Africa?
Arabic
What is one of the speculated reasons the Kingdom of Ghana begane to decline?
Poor soil quality and or also routes being developed elsewhere making less wealth off taxes they imposed on salt and gold coming through the Trans-Saharan Trade
what was the group of people called who specialized in desert transportation and also referred to as the "blue people" because their indigo-dyed robes
The Tuaregs
Often recalled as the wealthiest man in history
Mansa Musa