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The Ghana Empire dominates the gold trade

1000 CE · Mauritania, Africa · Economy

The Ghana Empire dominates the gold trade
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The Ghana Empire, also known as simply Ghana, Ghanata, or Wagadu, was an ancient western-Sahelian empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali.

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