PPT-Ghana: A West African Trading Empire

Tuesday January 22nd Take out your ISN to page 83 and answer the question in Preview 13 Tuesday January 22nd Journal 21 In your journal answer the following You are a trader heading into West Africa in about 1000 The caravan carries many goods but the most precious is salt Salt is so valuable that people trade gold for it The gold traders never meet you face to face though You wish you cold talk to them to find out where they get their gold Why do you think the traders are so secretive. Dr. . Mamarame. . Seck. Department of African and Afro-American . Studies & . Mam. . Harr. Gaye. An Introduction. Countries (17). Chad. Niger. Nigeria. Mauritania. Mali. Senegal. Guinea. Sierra Leone. (pp. 112-117). . . THINKING FOCUS. What effect did trade have on the people of Ghana?. KEY TERMS. Matrilineal. Patrilineal. (Mom & Pop). A New Trade Center. . Between the 700s and 1500s, large trading empires flourished in West Africa. . 1. 1. Definitions. 2. Pre-colonial and tradition. 3. Colonialism. 4. Independence and beyond. 5. Independence II. TOG - Imani Ghana Liberty Forum. 2. FREE ENTERPRISE. . Economic systems with few restrictions on business . Ghana, Mali and Songhai. 7.4.1, 7.4.3, 7.3.5. Ghana: Chapter 6, Section 1 . Rise . of Ghana. One of three great civilizations that arose along the . Niger River . Ghana was located . between salt and gold . Ghana, Mali and Songhai. Rise . of Ghana. One of three great civilizations that arose along the . Niger River . Ghana was located . between salt and gold . mines. Ghana’s . power came from . their . Ancient Ghana was located about 400 miles northwest of the modern day country of the same name.  When the modern country of Ghana won their independence, they took the name of a famous (and nearby) ancient kingdom - the kingdom of Ghana.. 3.8 - GHANA – DEc 7 (B) & Dec 8 (A). HW:. Study for Map Quiz. Do Now (10 min). Primary Source Gallery Walk (40 min). SPICE Chart Completion (20 min). Exit Ticket (5 min). 3.8 - GHANA – DEc 7 (B) & Dec 8 (A). Empire . of . Ghana. Trade was vital to the societies of West Africa. That region produced valuable resources—notably . gold. —that brought high prices. By the 800s, rulers of Ghana had used the wealth from these products to create a huge, powerful empire.. West African Civilizations. 3 Empires emerge by dominating trade across the Sahara. - . Empire of Ghana. - Empire of Mali. - Empire of Songhai . Objectives. Understand why gold and salt were important in early Africa.. AFRI 3100/5100 African Studies Abroad Ghana, May 4-22, 2015 Prof. Chris Brown Overview Ghana Preliminary Course Outline Possible Contributors Logistics & Budget Application Process Ghana Some maps: Researcher, Association of Poetry and Solidarity, Italy. Extreme Dilemmas of Child Migration and Child Neglect in Ghana: An Endemic Proliferation of Child Beggary - Impact on Child Health. Objective . development M.W. Jessell 1,2 ,* , WAXI Team 1 Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, the University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hw y, Crawley, 6009, WA, Australia; 2 Inst . Satellite View. Africa’s Size. Second largest continent .  11,700,000 sq. mi.. 10% of the world’s population.. 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.. 5. 0. 0. 0. M. I. L. E. S. 4 6 0 0 M I L E S. and domestic trading . Dzodzi Tsikata and Promise Eweh. Work and well-being in the 21. st. Century. Observatory, Johannesburg,. 5-7. th. April 2019. 1. Introduction – context of Ghana. Context of growing informalisation of work since the 1980s.