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Ghana Empire
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The Ghana Empire was a powerful West African kingdom that existed from around 200 to the 1200s in what is now Mauritania and Mali. It matters historically because it was one of the earliest major empires in West Africa and controlled important trade routes, making it a significant center of wealth and influence in medieval Africa.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Koumbi Saleh
- Official language
- Soninke
- Form of government
- monarchy
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- Category:Ghana Empire
- Commons category
- Ghana Empire
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1200-00-00
- inception
- 0100-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Mauritania
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Today part of Mali
Mauritania
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