When the merchants would come the would not only sell but they would buy too. The Ghana Empire flourished in West Africa from at least the 6th to 13th century CE. A Glorious Age in Africa, 1st ed. The traditional religions indigenous (occurring naturally in a particular place) to Africa has, for their time they were still a dynasty (750-1076 AD) had been orally rather than scripturally written. They also used this new idea to create a new source of trade. Ghana's main trade was with the Arabs. The Soyinka, or founder of ancient Ghana were the first people to produce iron products in west Africa. Now the Ghana Empire was taken over by its original metropolitan roots. the slaves worked for royal or rich land owners and armies of the rulers. Ghana Empire was located near many gold mines. Although they traded a lot, they wanted to expand. Ghanaians believed that a person who specialized in art was given a gift from god. The Empire of Ancient Ghana is not related either geographically or culturally to the modern African country of Ghana. Also they had an advancement in iron making, this allowed them to produce tools, protect themselves, as well as having an upper hand on the other areas in west Africa.The Ghana Empire lasted from 830C.E. …by the Soninke kingdom of Ghana (4th–11th century), which was established between the headwaters of the Niger and Sénégal rivers. The Ghana Empire at this time had fallen apart and was very militarily weak. Gold was not the only thing they also had some miner trade item such as copper and slave. Ghana meaning "war chief" was what later Arab writer called Wagadu in the eighth century A.D. they had meany thing like gold, copper, and iron. Architecture focused mostly on mosques and royal palaces. By the time of the Muslim conquest of North … Also this expanded the routes, because the camels could travel for longer distances. While French archaeologists believed they had located the capital, According to al-Bakri, the major part of the city was called El-Ghaba and was the residence of the king. and trans. The Kings of Ghana refused and soon came under constant attacks from Northern Africa. the society of the ghanamineing and use of iron to make there tools and wepons that they had used to take over neighboring contries makeing a need for a new form of a social organization. Fall of the Empire of Ghana Around 1050 CE, the Empire of Ghana began to come under pressure from the Muslims to the north to convert to Islam. Iron was used to make farming tools and weapons. They also had power for a long period of time, which means they were powerfully and they also had great protection so it was almost impossible to overthrow the Ghana empire when they were at their peak. I did not know how to react to it.
The advancement in iron working became a critical part in the Ghana empire for protecting themselves as well as it gave them an advantage over other groups in west Africa.