{"slug": "ghana-empire", "label": "Ghana Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206789", "qid": "Q206789", "description": "West African empire based in modern-day Mauritania and Mali (c. 200–c. 1200s)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [750, 1077], "span_label": ["750 CE", "1077 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "almoravid-dynasty", "label": "Almoravid dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mauritania", "label": "Mauritania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "berbers", "label": "Berbers", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "west-africa", "label": "West Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "africa", "label": "Africa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 750, "year_label": "750 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Ghana Empire begins (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358128937#Africa", "title": "750", "revid": 1358128937, "section": "Events › Africa"}}, {"year": 920, "year_label": "920 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Golden Age of the Ghana Empire begins in Africa (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205100#Africa", "title": "920", "revid": 1349205100, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 990, "year_label": "990 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Ghana Empire takes the Berber town of Aoudaghost (modern Mauritania) as the West African nation makes further gains.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908655#Africa", "title": "990", "revid": 1341908655, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1010, "year_label": "1010 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Tunka Manin, ruler of the Ghana Empire (d. 1078)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373015431#Births", "title": "1010", "revid": 1373015431, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1050, "year_label": "1050 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Aoudaghost, an important Berber trading center and rival of Koumbi Saleh, is captured by the Ghana Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368550668#Africa", "title": "1050", "revid": 1368550668, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1054, "year_label": "1054 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Almoravids retake the trading center of Aoudaghost from the Ghana Empire. Repeated Almoravid incursions, aimed at seizing control of the trans-Saharan gold trade, disrupt Ghana's dominance of the trade routes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267065294#Africa", "title": "1054", "revid": 1267065294, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1076, "year_label": "1076 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Approximate date – Koumbi Saleh, an important mercantile and political center of the Ghana Empire (modern Mauritania), is besieged by the Almoravids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362789427#Africa", "title": "1076", "revid": 1362789427, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1077, "year_label": "1077 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Almoravids complete the conquest of the Ghana Empire, and reach Spain (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303472978#Africa", "title": "1077", "revid": 1303472978, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}]}