The Ghana Empire flourished in West Africa from at least the 6th to 13th century. Not connected geographically to the modern state of Ghana, the Ghana Empire was located in the western Sudan savannah region (modern southern Mauritania and Mali) sandwiched between the Sahara desert to the north and the rainforests to the south.
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c. 500 CE - 1240 CEThe Ghana Empire dominates West Africa.
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1076 CEThe Arab traveller Al-Bakri visits the Ghana Empire in West Africa.
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c. 1076 CEKoumbi Saleh, the capital of the Ghana Empire, is sacked by the Almoravids of North Africa.
