WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ghana was located between the Sahara salt mines and gold mines near the West African coastal rain forests. As a result, Ghana became an important crossroads for trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -At its peak, Ghana was chiefly bartering gold, ivory, and slaves for salt from Arabs and horses, cloth, swords, and books from North Africans and Europeans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ghana, first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (fl. 7th–13th century). It was situated between the Sahara and the headwaters of the Sénégal and Niger rivers, in an area that now comprises southeastern Mauritania and part of Mali.

Detailed explanation-4: -The traders who came to Ghana were Berbers or Muslim traders from North Africa who used camels to carry their goods across the desert. These caravans traveled the Trans-Saharan trade route which consisted of many trails that connected the sub-Sahara region of West Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.

Detailed explanation-5: -A succession of three great kingdoms came to power as their people, gained control of valuable trade routes in West Africa. Ghana was the first of these empires, followed by the kingdoms of Mali and Songhai. Historians think the first people in Ghana were farmers along the Niger River.