Ghana,Mali,and Songhai

GHANA

Ghana time frame:
Nobody is sure when Ghana started,But some time at the beginning of the first millennium AD

Daily Life:
They had plenty to eat.
The Niger River provided water for washing,and bathing. They grew vegetables like sweet potatoes.

RELIGOUS BELEIFS

• Ghana is islamic

TRADING ITEMS

• Gold
• Ivory
• Slaves
• Animals

POWERFUL RULERS

• Musa: 1140s-1160s
• Soninke-2000 bc to 1079AD
• Bannu Bubu: 1100s-1120s

ART AND, ARTIFACTS

• Timbuktu
• 80 small clay figures

The fall of ghana: the almoravids captured the sanhaja berber tribe

Mali time frame:800-1550

DAILY LIVES

FOOD

• Meat:fish
• Vegtables
• Wheat
• Rice

JOBS

• Slave
• Farmer
• Warrior

HOMES

• One bedroom
• Round
• Royal homes made of stone and wood

Religion: muslim/islamic

ITEMS FOR TRADE

• Gold
• Rice
• Cattle

RULERS

• Mansa Musa:1280-1337
• Maghan-born:unknown-1341

ART,AND ARTIFACTS

• Archer figures
• Equestrian figure

The fall of mali:The smaller states it had conquered broke off, and the empire crumbled.

SONGHAI TIME FRAME

DAILY LIFE

• Fishing empire
• Strong army
• Strong central government
• Women did house chores
• Men did the fishing and planting

RELIGON

• Islam
• Muslim

TRADE ITEMS

• Gold
• Ivory

INFLUENTIAL LEADERS

• Askia
• Sunni ali

ART,AND ARCHITECTURE

• Clay pots
• Masks

The fall of songhai:In the late 16th century, the sultan of Morocco wanted West African's gold so he sent an army with 3000 men to the Songhai kingdom. They attacked the capital. Songhai was weak and the Moroccan army destroyed the Songhai kingdom.