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About 1075- The Kingdom of Mapungubwe is founded in Southern Africa, at the confluence of two rivers. The name means "Hill of Jackals". The kingdom will be the first stage in development that will culminate in the creation of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe to the north in the 13th century. These states are built on gold trading links to the East African coast.
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Kingdoms of Ancient West Africa
Three important West African empires were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Ghana was the first empire, located along the Niger River valley. Traders brought salt and gold, which helped the empire grow wealthy. Later, Mali rose as the dominant empire under Sundiata and Mansa Musa. The capital was Niani and the major city was Timbuktu, a center for trade, Islam, and education. When Mali declined, Songhai took over as the last major West African empire, ruling from Gao along the Niger River…
African Kingdoms
The Akan civilization of Ghana is steeped ancient in time. As some of the most gold rich country in the world, it was involved in gold trade thru Nok to Kush, for export to Kemet. The Akan Supreme Being, Nyame, derived from nyAmen, a reference to the Kushite deity Amen. When the Nok Empire declined in the 4th-century, the Empire of Wagadu rose to become West Africa's strongest nation. Wagadu annexed the Akan into the southernmost province of their empire. Between the 4th-15th…
Phoenician Clothing
This illustration by Angus Mcbride shows Phoenician traders trading with Mandé merchants of the Pre-Imperial Mali of the Tichitt-Walata cliffs of Southern Mauritania in the 10th or 8th century BCE. Using the old Saharan desert routes, the Phoenicians took wine, olive oil, pottery, linen, wool and cloth and exchanged it for gold, ivory and skins.
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