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Ghana Empire

West African empire based in modern-day Mauritania and Mali (c. 200–c. 1200s)

8 dated entries naming Ghana Empire, drawn from 8 separate years between 750 CE and 1077 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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8th century

  • 750The Ghana Empire begins (approximate date).source

10th century

  • 920The Golden Age of the Ghana Empire begins in Africa (approximate date).source
  • 990The Ghana Empire takes the Berber town of Aoudaghost (modern Mauritania) as the West African nation makes further gains.source

11th century

  • 1010Tunka Manin, ruler of the Ghana Empire (d. 1078)source
  • 1050Aoudaghost, an important Berber trading center and rival of Koumbi Saleh, is captured by the Ghana Empire.source
  • 1054The 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.source
  • 1076Approximate date – Koumbi Saleh, an important mercantile and political center of the Ghana Empire (modern Mauritania), is besieged by the Almoravids.source
  • 1077The Almoravids complete the conquest of the Ghana Empire, and reach Spain (approximate date).source

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