Ghana Empire

described by:

• Al-Bakri

  Sources: Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History, The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

identified with the capital at:

• Koumbi Saleh

  Sources: The Conquest That Never Was: Ghana and the Almoravids, 1076. I. The External Arabic Sources, The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

ruled by:

• Soninke

  Sources: Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History, The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

said to have been conquered by:

• Almoravid dynasty

  Disputed: Conrad and Fisher argue the conquest never happened.

  Sources: The Conquest That Never Was: Ghana and the Almoravids, 1076. I. The External Arabic Sources

Appears in3 items

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  Kingdoms of Africa3 items
  • Ghana (Wagadu) · subjectc. 700 CE
  • Al-Bakri describes Ghana · land described460 AH
  • The Almoravids and Ghana · alleged target469 AH

Sources

1. BookCorpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History
2. BookThe Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages
3. BookAfricans: The History of a Continent