https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5 Made with big dreams en-us 2018-11-07 13:21:28 UTC 2026-01-09 10:10:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 528872 https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301463154 The ancient kingdom of Ghana was located in the fertile, broad "V" made by the Niger and Senegal rivers. The capital of Ghana was Kumbi Saleh which was made of two separate walled towns. Muslims merchants brought their Islamic faith with them to the kingdom of Ghana. ]]> 2018-11-07 13:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301463154 528872 https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301467256 It is an Arab version of the Mandinka word that means "where the king dwells." The greatest ruler of Mali was Mansa Musa, who came to the throne in about 1312. He expanded Mali's borders westward to the Atlantic Ocean and pushed northward to conquer many cities. ]]> 2018-11-07 13:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301467256 528872 https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301470622 In 1400s, disputes over succession weakened Mali. By 1460s, the wealthy trading city of Gao had become the capital of the emerging West African kingdom of Songhai. Between 1464 and 1492, the soldier king Sonni Ali built the largest state that had ever existed in the West Africa. ]]> 2018-11-07 13:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301470622 528872 https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301473023 South of the savanna, Benin rose in the rain forest of the Guinea coast. The people built farming villages and traded pepper and ivory. The rulers of Benin organized their kingdom in the 1300s. Their oba, or king, was a political, judicial, and religious leader. ]]> 2018-11-07 13:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301473023 528872 https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301475047 By the 1300s, the Hausa had built a number of independent clay walled cities. Over time, these cities expanded into thriving commercial centers where cotton weavers and dyers, leather-workers, and other artisans produced good for sale. Kano was the most prosperous Hausa city-state. ]]> 2018-11-07 13:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301475047 528872 https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301479662 As the Sahara dried out, some Neolithic people migrated southward into the savanna, an area of grassland. By A.D. 100, settled agricultural villages were expanding, especially along the Senegal and Niger rivers and around Lake Chad. ]]> 2018-11-07 13:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/528872/dot4nkokl2q5/wish/301479662