HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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It had extremely productive agriculture
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It controlled the gold and salt trade in that region
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It traded extensively with European countries
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It was the first African empire to industrialize
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rapidly growing trade brought a lot of wealth and power to West Africa, just as the Ghana Empire was getting its start. The Ghana Empire, in particular, grew rich from the trans-Sahara trade. It certainly helped that the empire had control over the three major gold fields to the south of them.
Detailed explanation-2: -The king of Ghana spread his power through trade. Gold, ivory, and slaves were bartered for salt from the Arabs. Horses, cloth, swords and books were bartered from North Africans and Europeans. Ghana achieved much of its wealth by trading with the Arabs.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first written references to the empire are those of Arabic geographers and historians from the 8th century, and it seems certain that, by 800, Ghana had become rich and powerful.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Ghana Empire crumbled from the 12th century CE following drought, civil wars, the opening up of trade routes elsewhere, and the rise of the Sosso Kingdom (c. 1180-1235 CE) and then the Mali Empire (1240-1645 CE).
Detailed explanation-5: -Caravan trade contributed MOST to the growth and power of the West African empires of Ghana and Mali. The gold-salt trade in Africa made Ghana a powerful empire because they controlled the trade routes and taxed traders.