Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel during the Trans-Saharan trade increased the quantity of goods that were transported. Majority of the knowledge ...

The 9 th Century Arab writer, Al Yaqubi, described ancient Ghana as one of the three most ... the state of Asante was to have the most cohesive history and would exercise the greatest influence.

Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern ... quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding ...

Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern ... quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding ...