Ghana Mali Songhay Swahili States ï‚· The Kingdom of Ghana

Ghana, Mali, Songhagana, Mali, Songhai are the largest trading countries in West Africa. Beginning in Ghana and dominating the trade of gold, salt and goods between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa as early as 300 c.e in the 16th century when Morocco conquered Songhai. Arab scholars and businessmen, far from Baghdad, are surprised by the wealth of these African countries. The geographer al-Ya'qubi claims that "there is money nationwide." But trade in gold and salt is not the sole basis of West African civilization. Due to famous culture, knowledge and cultural achievements, Timbuktu and other cities are famous centers for producing theology, history and science books. Ghana, Mali, Songhai are successfully organized countries that overcome the tribal division and combine the traditional beliefs with the universal ambitions of Islam.

Trade and religious products such as salt and gold are widely traded. This can be seen in the historical evidence of the African kingdom like Ghana and Mali. Between the rulers of these kingdoms, Muslims found a simple entry under the stimulus of trade relations with the Middle East. Muslim bards, stocks, and of course there are buildings. ► Bantu Migration is an intertwined example of African culture. These Bantu language groups from Central African Republic have migrated to eastern and southern Africa for many years. This led to the mixture of local culture and Bantu immigrants.

At least in 800 AD, Africa formed a few kingdoms and an empire. Three of them were in West Africa relatively close. These are the three countries of Ghana, Mali, Songhai. These three countries settled in the area near the Niger river. In this lesson, I will introduce these three kingdoms in more detail. Most of our knowledge of Ghana comes from text written by Muslims who recorded the geography of Africa after the conquest of North Africa. The Ghana empire, also called the Ouagadu Empire, continued for some time from around 830 BCE to the year 1235 AD. Their main capital is Koumbi Saleh, which is actually at the edge of the Sahara Desert, which consists of two separate cities. However, given the number of people living between the two, they are actually interrelated. In the first half of the year, it was a political district and was called El Gabba, the king.