Who were the rulers of ancient Ghana?

Kaya Maja,( c.350)

Twenty-one kings whose names are unknown, (c.350 - c.622)

Twenty-one kings whose names are unknown, (c.622 - c.750)

Majan Dyabe Sisse,( c.750)

Several kings, names unknown,(c.750 - c.1040)

Bassi,(c, 1040 - 1062)

Tunka Menin,(c. 1062 - 1068)

Name or names unknown,(c. 1068-1075)

Kambine Diaresso,(c. 1076 - 1090)

Suleiman,(c.1090 - 1100)

Bannu Bubu,(c.1100 - 1120)

Majan Wagadu,(c.1120 - 1130)

Gane,(c.1130 - 1140)

Musa,(c.1140 - 1160)

Birama,(c.1160 - 1180)

Diara Kante,(c.1180 - 1200)

Sumanguru,(c.1200 - 1234)

? unknown name,(c. 1234 - 1237)

Who were the rulers of ancient rome?

Rulers of Rome. before Republic. Romulus, who was killer of his own brother. others
are unknown until Tarquinus Superbus who was insain, and thorwn by wealthy
people. Republic. consuls are unknown however most popular dictator was
Cincinnatus who was dictator, and gave up right away. he made Fa… ( FULL
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What are the cultural achievements of
Ancient Ghana?
Ghana was formerly the Gold Coast . The casting of small gold items through the lost
wax process was devloped by certain tribes into a highly skilled art Certain tribes also
had a tradition of making ceremonial masks and figures. Many of these are now
considered to be significant works of native art…( FULL ANSWER )
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What was the ancient Ghana Empire?
The Ghana Empire (or Wagadou Empire) lasted from c.830 BCE until c.1075 CE. It
was not a part of the modern day nation of Ghana, it was in the modern day countries
of Mali and Mauritania. It covered an estimated 1,600 km2. It was a monarchy and its
major religion was Islam. Its major trading items w… ( FULL ANSWER )
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Who was the first ruler of ancient
China?
Qin Shi Huang Di . Apparently, he was a very efficient but cruel leader who was the
first to unite and rule China as a emperor. He came from the state of Qin, and his
name means "first emperor." Some people also think that the name "China" came
from his name. hello is anyone home you mother you are… ( FULL ANSWER )
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Did ancient Ghana have a system of
writing?
Ancient Ghana used a writing system called cuneiform. Likehieroglyphics, cuneiform
was an image-based language, rather than aletter-based language like most languages
today. However, unlikehieroglyphs, which used images like animals and real life
objects,cuneiform used shapes.
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What are the jobs of women in
ancient Ghana?
they were seen as framers and suppliers of fish and most importantly bearers of
children hope this helped
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Who was the first ruler of ancient
Egypt?
archaeologist believe it is The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis
Palette or the Palette of Narmer , but they are not sure it is hard to tell because it was
thousands years ago sorry hope this helps. Narmer, Menes, or the 'Scorpion King'.
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What religion did ancient Ghana
practice?
Ancient Ghana practiced the religion Soninke. The country of Koumbi had a large
population of Islam people. The city was split into two parts, a Muslim part of the city
and the Soninke part of the city. The Soninke part of the city, houses were made of
wood or clay and they had straw roofs. The Musl…( FULL ANSWER )
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What were ancient Ghana
accomplishments?
There are quite a number of ancient Ghana accomplishments. The
mainaccomplishment was the Wagadugu kingdom taking control of the goldmines
and all forms of trade in the country.
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Where did the ancient Ghana empire
exist?
The Ancient Ghana Empire existed in the Country of Ghana in Africa. See link below
for more information
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What are the achievements of Ancient
Ghana?
Ancient Ghana got much of their wealth from the discovery of goldin their countries.
They also introduced the use of the camel fortransportation.
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 How does ancient Ghana store their
food?
They used salt they received from trade. They also ate many foods which didn't
perrish such as yams, cassava, and rice.
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What is the climate of ancient Ghana?
I assume you mean ancient Ghana from 400 to 1200. In the area ancient Ghana was
in, it was right by the Niger River. It had some jungles and was a Wet Savanna
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Why did the rulers of Ghana not want
everyone to have gold?
The rulers of Ghana didn't want everyone to have gold is because there are rare
materials that are worth far more than common ones, so they ban people from using
gold nuggets, only allowing them to use gold dust as money, this was to make sure
that the kings were richer than his subjects(the people)… ( FULL ANSWER )
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What were the jobs in Ancient
Ghana?
Some of the jobs that Ghana people had were camel leaders, farmers, some worked
for the king and people who sold stuff at a littles stand.
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What did they eat in ancient Ghana?
They probably ate anything they could find. like if they were on the coast of Ghana
then they probably went fishing a lot, but if they were somewhere in the middle of
Ghana then they probably ate any animal they could find going around or ate plants
they knew were not harmful to the body. specifical… ( FULL ANSWER )
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Food in ancient Ghana?
There are a of variety of tasty dishes to choose from such as fufu, banku and gari
fotor, spicy dishes such as kenkey with hot pepper, fried fish and chofi with hot fresh
pepper sauce.
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What is the social system in Ancient
Ghana?
The social system in Ancient Ghana was divided into two mainclasses. There was the
upper class which was made up of the richleaders and rulers and the lower class which
was comprised of thelaborers.
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What are 3 facts about ancient
Ghana?
1) Ghana is built above a gold mine. 2) Ghana is the 2nd largest producer of cocoa in
the world. 3) Gold is one of Ghana's most typical traded goods. 4) Ghana is
nicknamed "The Gold Coast" because of all it's gold.
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Who was the first ruler of Ghana?
Well, the Almoravid farmers were the founders of Ghana. So there was no one first
"ruler" of Ghana.
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Who was the most famous ruler of
ghana?
Kwame Nkrumah is the most famous ruler of Ghana. He was the firstPrime Minister
and the first President of Ghana who oversaw thenation's independence from the
Great Britain.
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What did the rulers in ancient china
wear?
it was a law that only the emperor could wear yellow clothing and the people from the
north, south, east, and west could only wear green, red, white, and black clothing.
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What are ancient Ghana treasures?
gold mines gave them gold so that was the best treasure they had few others
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What was the ruler of Ancient India
called?
It was in fact, a rajah. *glowers at the person who put gobble gobble gobble head*
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What are Ancient Sparta laws and
rulers?
one law is you must steal but never get caught or Ill be humiliated and servilely
punished Yes, BUT - Spartan boys were never fed enough, the were kept hungry. To
satisfy their hunger they had to steal food (money had no real value in Ancient Sparta
- being made of iron and dipped in vinegar -…( FULL ANSWER )
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What types of rulers did Ancient
Egypt have?
It was a monarchy of mostly kings with the exception of a few solo female rulers. It
became a part of the Roman Empire with the conquest of Alexandria and the deaths of
Cleopatra and Antony
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Who are some of the ancient Egypt
rulers?
The most famous would be Cleopatra. Others include Akhenaten, Ramesses ll,
hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Seti l etc...
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Who are the ten ancient rulers?
the ten rulers are: alexander babar akbar himanyun shah jahan aurangzeb and the rest
u can check on the web haha....lol
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Was agriculture important in ancient
Ghana?
All because food and all is great for people to survive all that ya bro.
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What are some ancient Ghana foods?
The majority of meals consisted of thick, well-seasoned stews, usually accompanied
by such staple foods as rice or boiled yams. Stews come in a variety of flavors, the
most popular being okra, fish, bean leaf (or other greens), forowe (a fishy tomato
stew), plava sauce (spinach stew with either … ( FULL ANSWER )
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What are the influences that Islam
had on ancient Ghana?
Trying to write an essay on this for A.P. World History with no prior knowledge at
all. Some research gave me this: Architecture - 1 of the 2 major cities in Ancient
Ghana became an Islamic "hub" where many mosques were built Politics - Many high
ranked politicians and royal subjects including the … ( FULL ANSWER )
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Who is the ruler of ancient
Mesoptamia?
The first ruler of Early Dynastic Period was Gilgamesh of Uruk (legendary) - 2700
B.C.. The first ruler of Dynasty of Akkad (Agade) was Sargon - 2340-2285 B.C.. The
first ruler of Dynasty of Lagash was Gudea(1) - 2150-2125 B.C.. The first ruler of
Third Dynasty of Ur was Ur-Nammu - 2112-2095 B.C.…( FULL ANSWER )
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Why is gold valuable in ancient
Ghana?
gold is valuable because it worth lot and it was the mineral to trade with southern and
northern Africa. the Salt was also valuable in Ghana because it's rare in most countries
in ancient time.
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Powerful rulers of ancient
Macedonia?
Philip II, Alexander the Great and generally most of the Argead Dynasty from which
they belonged.
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What is the difference between
ancient Ghana and Ghana?
Ghana is a country in Africa now and ancient Ghana is no longer around. Ancient
Ghana endded around 1240.
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What were the rulers from ancient
China called?
If you mean the Acient civilization then they are the: The Shang Dynasty (1570-1045
bc) The Zhou Dynasty (1045?-256 bc) If you mean the classical cilization they would
be: Qin Dynasty Han Dynasty
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What was the empire of Ancient
Ghana?
Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel
during the Trans-Saharan trade increased the quantity of goods that were transported.
Majority of the knowledge of Ghana comes from the Arab writers. Al-Hamdani, for
example, describes Ghana as having the richest gold… ( FULL ANSWER )
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What languages were spoken in
ancient Ghana?
What language do they speak in Ghana? they spoke spanish and German Arabic,
which was introduced by the Muslims
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Who were the rulers of ancient
Romans?
At first the rulers of the ancient Romans were the kings, then they ruled themselves
during the republic and when that fell apart, they were ruled by the emperors. At first
the rulers of the ancient Romans were the kings, then they ruled themselves during the
republic and when that fell apart, they…( FULL ANSWER )
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WHO were the famous people of
ancient Ghana?
well there was zimbawe a great trader also banoi a priest last kilimio a prince
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What form of rulers did ancient
Greece have?
Most of the city-States were ruled by olicharchies, that is, bysmall groups of powerful
families. Only Sparta had kings. Thesehowever mostly acted as army commanders
while day-to-day governmentwas left in the hands of a Council of Elders. Athens for
at least some of its history had a form of democra… ( FULL ANSWER )
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What is a ruler such as a king in
Ancient Rome?
An emperor. An emperor. An emperor. An emperor. An emperor. An emperor. An
emperor. An emperor. An emperor. An emperor. An emperor.
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Why did the ancient Ghana fall?
because when the Europeans came they forced them to change religion saying that
Christianity is better and they colonized Ghana and forced them to be slaves and sent
them to work under the worst conditions with no food and being whipped and they
forced them to work for them and they barely payed the… ( FULL ANSWER )
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How was the ruler of ancient Greece
called?
there was no true ruler of all of Greece because a lot of the city states had different
governments so they had democracies, monarchies, and oligarchies.
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 Did ancient Ghana have job
specialization?
Yes. Most families specialized in certain professions which where passed on from
generation to generation.
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Who was the founder of ancient
Ghana?
The area now known as Ghana has long been inhabited by indigenouspeople as early
as 4,000 years ago. Some sources suggest that theAkan, who are commonly believed
to be the ancestors of theindigenous people of Ghana, first migrated to the area around
the10th century CE from the Dagomba area. The rul… ( FULL ANSWER )
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What ancient ruler destroys the
Babylonians?
Babylon is destroyed and rebuilt many times between 18th century BC and 6th
century BC, the final time it was destroyed in the 3rd century BC, it's directly related
to the Greek conquest of the area. In 312 BC Seleucus founds a new Mesopotamian
capital city, Seleucia, further to the north and on the…( FULL ANSWER )
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Who is the ruler of ancient Athens
Greece?
First it was a king, then a council of large landowners, then anassembly of all
landowners, and then a council of all citizens.
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Who were the rich rulers in ancient
Greece?
Greece was comprised of hundreds of independent city-states. Eachhad their own
rulers. They started with petty kings, but thisevolved to ruling aristocracies - the major
landowners. This thendeveloped into all the landowners (most of whom were not at
allrich) who elected leaders, and then an experim… ( FULL ANSWER )
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How did the ruler in ancient Rome
become ruler?
Rome had three types of government over the 1200 years if herhistory: a monarchy
for 244 years, a republic fro 482 years andrule by emperors bot 506 years. The
candidate to the kingship was chosen by the senate and the kingwas elected by the
people. The republic was headed by two annuallyelected c… ( FULL ANSWER )

Ghana Empire
Ghana Empire or Wagadu, the actual name, was founded by the Mande speaking Soninke. Ghana meaning "war chief" wa
beginning was around the fourth or fifth century, but possibly as a state during Roman North African times, supported by

Contents

1. 1 Origins

2. 2 Architecture

3. 3 Economy
4. 4 Religion
5. 5 List of Kings(Ghanas)

Origins

Sources on Ghana are retrieved from Spanish Arab and African Berber/Arab writers of the 10th and 12th Century, oral tra
the Roads and Kingdom) by al-Bakri provides the most vivid accounts. Information also comes from oral sources related b

According to oral traditions, the kingdom had its beginning with founding ancestor Dinga. Diabe Cissé tricked Dinga into m
all kings or maghans would come from the Cissé Clan.

Administration

Kumbi-Saleh was its capital, divided into two section, a town for muslim traders and a section for th
prosperity, Kumbi-Saleh was the largest West African city before 1240 A.D., with a population of 15

Ghana ruled over numerous states and people, who paid taxes. Its strength came from its superior organization and iron
The empire was divided into four provinces run each by a commander called fado. The fado came from one of the aristoc

Architecture

At Kumbi Saleh, locals lived in domed-shaped dwellings in the king's section of the city, surrounded by a great enclosure.
mosques (as described by al-bakri), one centered on Friday prayer. The king is said to have owned several mansions, one
rooms, was two stories high, and had a staircase, with the walls and chambers filled with sculptures and painting.
Economy

Ghana became powerful by controlling the gold trade, mined at the Wangara region.

Ghana became wealthy by taxing all imports and exports. They taxed all salt, gold that came into the empire and all that w
production, property of the king. Fixed periodical quantities were released to control value.

Religion

The ghana was regarded a divine king, whose well-being affected the whole society. Bida, a sacred python was worshippe
fertile, oral tradition had it that a virgin had to be sacrifice from each province. This sacrifice was a pact that Diabe Cissé r
sacred creature in African ethos.

Kings were buried with unique ritual traditions. On the death of a ghana, a hut of wood would be constructed. The ghana
were burried with him. Individuals would then cover the hut with mats and cloth. Dirt would later be thrown on the hut u
be dug around the mound, leaving one access point to the tomb.

Decline

By the 11th century, Ghana was on the decline. Invasion by Almoravid Berbers was onced believed to be the cause of the
reason for the decline is more complex and factors more varied.In 1076, the capital was sack by invading Almoravids. This
independence. Takrur, Diara, Kaniaga all broke away. In addition, trade routes were altered. The trans-Saharan trade goin
was completely broken. The emperor had authority over a few provinces. By 1235, most of the territories were incorpora

List of Kings(Ghanas)

 Kaya Maja,( c.350)

 Twenty-one kings whose names are unknown, (c.350 - c.622)
 Twenty-one kings whose names are unknown, (c.622 - c.750)
 Majan Dyabe Sisse,( c.750)
  Several kings, names unknown,(c.750 - c.1040)
 Bassi,(c, 1040 - 1062)
 Tunka Menin,(c. 1062 - 1068)
 Name or names unknown,(c. 1068-1075)
 Kambine Diaresso,(c. 1076 - 1090)
 Suleiman,(c.1090 - 1100)
 Bannu Bubu,(c.1100 - 1120)
 Majan Wagadu,(c.1120 - 1130)
 Gane,(c.1130 - 1140)
 Musa,(c.1140 - 1160)
 Birama,(c.1160 - 1180)
 Diara Kante,(c.1180 - 1200)
 Sumanguru,(c.1200 - 1234)
 ? unknown name,(c. 1234 - 1237)

Related Article: Soninke Numeration , Soninke Common Names , Almoravid Empire , Mali Empire ,

Works Cited

Davidson, Basil, Buah, F. K. ,and Ajayi, J.F. Ade(1966). A History of West Africa. Doubleday:New York. Library of Congress C

External Links:

 Ghana Empire, Wikipedia.org