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Ghana: A West African Trading Empire
Unit 4
Activity 9 Presentation
Setting the
Stage
Ancient Kingdom of GhanaLocated in modern-
day countries of Mauritania + Mali
MODERN-DAY country of Ghana
Not the same location! Don’t get confused!
• In this lesson, we’ll learn about:
The Kingdom of Ghana• What was the gold-salt trade?
• How was it possible to cross the Sahara desert to trade?
• How did the gold-salt trade lead to Ghana’s wealth + success?
Setting the Stage
Warning…
Crazy timeline coming up…
Just look for the stime period we’re asfocusing on for THIS lesson only!
As outlined by this box!
Crusades1095 to 1270
Timeline500 B.C.E 1 C.E. 500 1000 1500
500 B.C.E 1 C.E. 500 1000 1500
Fall of the Roman Empire
476 C.E.Byzantine Empire
500-1453
Middle Ages in Europe476-1450
Islam Begins + Spreads
622 to 750
New Muslim Empires1300 to 1900
Golden Age of Islam750 to 1258
Early Settlements in West Africa
4000 B.C.E
City of Jenne-Jeno250 B.C.E. to 1400
The Nok500 B.C.E to 200 C.E.
Kingdom of Ghana
800 to 1076
Kingdom of Mali1240 to 1600
Kingdom of Songhai
1460 to 1600THIS lesson!
800 C.E. to 1076 C.E.
Physical Map of Africa
GEOGRAPHY QUESTION!
Why might it be difficult for people to
travel across the Sahara?
Sahara = desert = little to no water!
What was the gold-salt trade?
Northern Africa = PLENTY OF SALT!Importance of salt: important part of a person’s diet (to fight off dehydration and to keep food from spoiling)
West Africa = PLENTY OF GOLD!Importance of gold: people in Muslim lands and Italy need gold to make coins to purchase goods from China
What was the gold-salt trade?
We have salt.We need gold.
We have gold.We need salt.
Um, let’s tradethen.
What now…?GEOGRAPHY QUESTION!
What area did gold-salt traders have to
cross in order to trade with each other?
The SAHARA desert!
How was it possible to cross the Sahara desert to trade?
PR
OB
LEM
:N
EED
:
Traders’ dilemma:
How do we carry our goods across the desert with little
access to water?
How was it possible to cross the Sahara desert to trade?
PR
OB
LEM
:N
EED
:
Hey guys, did you know that I can drink up to
25 gallon of water at a time?
Travel across the desert?
No problem!
Let’s get some of my buddies together and
we can form a
caravan!
How was it possible to cross the Sahara desert to trade?
caravan = group of people traveling together, in single file
How did the gold-salt trade lead to Ghana’s wealth + success?
GEOGRAPHYGhana’s PRIME location
meant trade passed through the kingdom,
allowing them to collect taxes from the traders!
GROWTH OF TRADEMore traders that passed
through their lands =• More taxes collected• Strong armies created to
protect the traders and people
• More people coming through their lands = more ideas shared
GHANA
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