Kingdom of Ghana Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
The Kingdom of Ghana was a powerful empire in West Africa known for its wealth and trade routes. To learn more about this fascinating civilization, you can play a timeline game that challenges you to place events in their correct chronological order.
- Players will learn about the rise of the Kingdom of Ghana
- They will discover key events in the empire’s history
- They will test their knowledge of the timeline by placing events in the right order
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- c. 300 AD: Foundation of the Kingdom of Ghana
- c. 800 AD: Ghana becomes a major trading empire
- c. 900 AD: Ghana controls the trans-Saharan trade routes
- c. 1000 AD: Ghana's capital city of Koumbi Saleh becomes a major center of trade
- c. 1050 AD: Muslim traders introduce Islam to Ghana
- c. 1100 AD: Ghana's power begins to decline due to invasions and internal strife
- c. 1076 AD: Ghana is conquered by the Almoravids
- c. 1200 AD: The Kingdom of Ghana is split into smaller states
- c. 1235 AD: The Mali Empire emerges as a dominant power in the region
- c. 1240 AD: Ghana is absorbed into the Mali Empire
- c. 1400 AD: The Mali Empire falls into decline
- c. 1464 AD: The Songhai Empire rises to power in the region
- c. 1470 AD: The Songhai Empire conquers the remnants of the Mali Empire
- c. 1500 AD: The Songhai Empire becomes the largest empire in West Africa
- 1591 AD: The Songhai Empire falls to the Moroccan army in the Battle of Tondibi
- c. 1600 AD: The region is divided into smaller states and empires
- c. 1700 AD: European powers begin to establish colonies in the region
- 1874 AD: The British establish a protectorate over the Gold Coast region
- 1957 AD: The Gold Coast gains independence from British rule and becomes Ghana
- 1960 AD: Ghana becomes a republic with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president