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West African Kingdoms

West African Kingdoms. Kingdoms of Wealth, Power, and Intellectual Accomplishment. Ghana. First West African trading empire Became rich because of its relative location Located on trade route between Sahara (main source of salt) and gold fields of Senegal River

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West African Kingdoms

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  1. West African Kingdoms Kingdoms of Wealth, Power, and Intellectual Accomplishment

  2. Ghana • First West African trading empire • Became rich because of its relative location • Located on trade route between Sahara (main source of salt) and gold fields of Senegal River • Taxed goods passing through kingdom • Arab traders led trade (salt-gold) on caravan • Group of camels carrying goods

  3. Mali • Malinke ruler took control of gold-salt trade from Ghana • Wealth of empire came from • Taxes passing through kingdom • Tributes • Gifts of farm crops paid to Mali’s ruler by chiefs of surrounding lands

  4. Mali’s Leader • Leader of Mali people called mansa, or chief • Religious as well as political leader • Most important ruler Mansa Musa • Brought back Muslim scholars and made Timbuktu a center of learning

  5. Timbuktu • Mali built city of Timbuktu when took control of gold-salt trade • Trading center of Mali & Songhai • Became center of Muslim learning • Great universities produced doctors, judges, priest and other learned men • Muslim learning more important than gold-salt trade

  6. Songhai • Sunni Ali, founder and first leader of kingdom • Skilled and ruthless fighter • Follower of Islam, religion of Muslim people • Took control of gold-salt trade from Mali • Wealth of kingdom came from taxes and tributes

  7. Songhai -continued • Askia Muhammad, another important leader of kingdom • Attracted Islamic teachers and poets to Timbuktu’s universities • Songhai fall was the result of their inability to fight off the Moroccan people’s guns and cannons

  8. Bantu People • Bantu: West African people who spoke Bantu • Learned to heat and shape iron • Made farming easier and created food surpluses • Population increased

  9. Bantu Migrations • Some of the largest migrations in human history • Possible reason for migration • Looking for new land to farm • Bantu-speakers settled in Central and Southern Africa • Introduced farming, herding, and iron tools to these regions

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