trading of ancient west Africa

By skyfor
  • Jan 1, 750

    the first trade

    the first trade
    Trading first started in Ghana. Ghana had a lot of gold. Berbers and Almoravids were traders from north Africa. They traded salt, peacock feathers, clothes and weapons for gold.The Ghanians and the traders could not talk to each other as they speaked diffrent language so they had to use silent bata.
  • Jun 15, 754

    Taxes in Ghana

    Taxes in Ghana
    The Ghana Empire would tax the traders when coming in and leaveing the Ghana Empire makng them more rich
  • Sep 19, 1100

    Down fall of Ghana

    Down fall of Ghana
    After a while, one of the traders, Amloravids, put a new religion in Ghana. The Ghanian leader, which was called Wagadudu, didn't follow this religion. The Almoravids relised this and attacked Ghana. The Ghanian Empire fell.
  • Jun 16, 1150

    New Empire

    New Empire
    After Ghanas downfall, a new Empire came to replace Ghana, Mali.
  • Jun 17, 1165

    Mansa Musa

    Mansa Musa
    Mali had a rich kingdom just like Ghana. Mali's king, Mansa Musa was known to cross the Sahara desert and take 500 men carrying solid golden staff's. Mansa Musa gave away the golden staff's to oter kingdoms.
  • Jun 17, 1178

    downfall of Mansa Musa gold

    downfall of Mansa Musa gold
    Mansa Musa traded to much gold in the capital of Egypt, Cairo, that it became less valuable and no one wanted gold any more. That was th end of Mali's king.
  • Jun 19, 1500

    start of sanghay

    start of sanghay
    As Mali's trade weakond, Songhai took over Mali and it's trade. So Songhai became the new trade route.
  • Jun 19, 1510

    what songhei traded

    what songhei traded
    Songhai coaght fish. They were the first traders to trade fish. So Songhai traded fish,nut's, slaves and salt for goods.

  • ending of mali

    ending of mali
    Mansa Musa made Timbuctu the capital of Mali. Instead of gold, they traded salt and education now, Timbuktu was also in the middle of a trade route. When the Portugese came to Timbuktu, they figurd out a new faster route past Timbuktu, which travelers cc
    coudn't trade with Timbuktu, and that was the the end of the Mali trade.

  • ending of songhay

    ending of songhay
    Songhai was soon over ruled by a man named Sunni Ali. Songai had a diffrent relgion to other cities. Sunni Ali was not a devout Muslim, and attaced Songhai.