Realm · 793–1201

Ghana Empire

Ghana Empire appears on the map from 793 to 1201. At its greatest recorded extent, in 793, it covered about 204,203 km².

One of the realms of Ghana Empire (Wagadu). The Ghana Empire, known to its Soninke people as Wagadu, grew up in the Sahel between the Senegal and Niger rivers, in today's southern Mauritania and western Mali; it lay far from modern Ghana. From perhaps the 4th century its kings controlled the trade of West African gold northward across the Sahara in exchange for salt, copper and cloth, carried by camel caravans, and Arab writers called it the land of gold.

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On the map

793–1201

Greatest extent

793, about 204,203 km²

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