Ghana Empire - Wikipedia
Wagadou, commonly known as the Ghana Empire, was a West African empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali that existed from c. 300 until c. 1100.The Ghana empire, sometimes also known as Awkar, was founded by the Soninke people and was based in the capital city of Koumbi Saleh.. Complex societies based on trans-Saharan trade in salt and gold had existed in the ...
