Ghana Empire
West Africa
Summary
Ghana was the first great African empire of the western Sudan. Soninke (Mande people who descend from the bafour and are cloesy realted to the imraguem of mauritania) founded Ghana as early as the year 300 and it lasted around 1200. Ghana became known for its rich culture, wealth, organization, and power. The name Ghana means both “warrior king” and “king of gold.”
Food sources
- wheat
- grains
- rice
- yams
Domesticated
The people back then who lived in the Kingdom of Ghana would take animals and make them work against their own will which this was known as domestication (where you take an outdoor cat and turned it into a inside cat).
We love Cats <3
Agricultural/geographic
The Kingdom of Ghana was back then in the medieval times so as you can imagine it was pretty brutal how things went back then for them their king was brutal and he wanted taxes on everything. They lived in three major african sudanese empires.
Scientific Achievements
The wealth of ancient Ghana demanded an annual sacrifice in return for guaranteeing prosperity in the Kingdom, each year a virgin was offered up for sacrifice.