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Chapter 12: Ghana: A West Africa Trading Empire

Chapter 12: Ghana: A West Africa Trading Empire . Mr. Meza 7 th Grade World History . 1. Where do the earliest writings about Ghana come from?. Arab scholars . 2. How did scholars describe Ghana?. As a “land of Gold”. 3. How did Ghana’s king acquire his wealth?.

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Chapter 12: Ghana: A West Africa Trading Empire

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  1. Chapter 12:Ghana: A West Africa Trading Empire Mr. Meza 7th Grade World History

  2. 1. Where do the earliest writings about Ghana come from? • Arab scholars

  3. 2. How did scholars describe Ghana? • As a “land of Gold”

  4. 3. How did Ghana’s king acquire his wealth? • Through the control of the gold trade • Collected taxes on the goods that passed through the kingdom

  5. 4. How did the king address the people’s concerns? • By holding a daily court with his people

  6. 5. Matrilineal • A family line traced through the mother • In Ghana, the royal inheritance was matrilineal

  7. 6. What was Ghana’s military composed of? • Several thousand career soldiers • They were responsible to maintain peace and order

  8. 7. What was the source of Ghana’s wealth? • Salt, copper, cowrie shells (used as money) • Taxes

  9. 8. What is the trans-Saharan trade? • Trade between Islam and West Africa • Through the Sahara desert

  10. 9. When were camels brought to the Sahara? • 300 CE

  11. 10. What are porters? • A person who is hired to carry loads

  12. 11. What is Wangara? • Area located near the forest south of Ghana • Gold was plentiful • Only the people of Wangara knew its location

  13. 12. What is Taghaza? • City where the salt mines are located • In the Sahara desert

  14. 13. In what two ways is salt produced? • Evaporation • Mining from salt deposits

  15. 14. What kind of taxes did Ghana collect? • Traders paid taxes to Ghana on goods they sold and bought • Traders paid taxes when they entered and exit Ghana

  16. 15. What was the busiest market in Ghana? • Kumbi, the capital of Ghana • Was one of the largest slave markets

  17. 16. When and how did the decline of Ghana take place? • Reached its height in 1000 C.E. • Declined because of war and a loss in natural resources • In ended in 1203

  18. 17. When did Mali become a West African kingdom? • In 1240 the Mande conquered Kumbi • The leader accepted Islam (Muslim religion)

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