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Ghanaian History

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Ancient History

Medieval Period

The Ancient Ghana Empire

The Soninke-ruled Ghana Empire flourished in the western Sahel, far from the borders of modern Ghana, and drew power from taxing the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt.

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