Ghana Empire

Presentation
By Logan Abanero, Jayden Pretzer,
and Jimmy Klem
History
The Ghana Empire started to rule around 300 AD. Around 1050 AD the Empire

of Ghana began to come under pressure from the muslims from the North to

convert to Islam. The kings of Ghana did not want to convert and soon came

under constant attacks from Northern Africa. While all this was happening a

group of people called the Susu broke free from Ghana. This weakened Ghana

and over the next few hundred years Ghana became weak until they became

part of the Mali Empire.

Culture
Whole families live together including aunt, uncles, and grandparents
In Ghana iron smiths were considered powerful because they worked
with fire and earth
Boys and girls became men and woman
at twelve years old
Men were allowed to have more than
one wife
Very little clothed or not clothed
 Culture
Languages spoken were Soninke and Mande
They were Muslim
Major Events
992 AD Ghana captures Awdaghast

1000 AD Ghana is at its peak

Bassi ascended to the throne (Second to last ruler of Ghana)

Politics
The government of Ghana is run by an emperor. Crime was taken seriously in

Ghana, if you were to steal anything too could be made into a slave or you

would be killed. This meant that women could travel with a lot of jewelry and

not worry about being robbed The emperor would ride in the streets and

listen to the complaints and he wouldnt go home until everyones complaint

were solved.
Economics
There government is a Monarchy
The Currency that is used is...
Gold
Kola nuts (The later secret ingredient in Coca-Cola)
Ivory
Resources are
Timber
Gold
Oil
Jobs
Most Women did not work unless they were slaves
Men would work as gold miners, tradesmen, farmers, slaves, or they were royalty
Citations
http://www.ushistory.org/civ/7a.asp

http://www.ducksters.com/history/africa/empire_of_ancient_ghana.php

http://799419858724990172.weebly.com/social-aspects-of-ancient-ghana.html

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Has-Ghana-benefit
ed-from-its-Natural-resources-202001

http://www.ancient.eu/Ghana/

http://thegreatestwebsiteofancientghana.weebly.com/specialization.html