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The Ghana Empire (Arabic: غانا), also known as simply Ghana, Ghanata, or Wagadu, was a West African classical to post-classical era western-Sahelian empire...

of a nobleman culture in the northern part of the Igboland. The Ghana (Wagadu) Empire (before c. 830 until c. 1235) was located in what is now southeastern...

of Nations. The name Ghana comes from Wagadu, a vast empire in west Africa from the 3rd to 12th centuries; Wagadu was termed Ghana by Arab traders involved...

Soninke people, the decline of their empire was due to the legend of Wagadu and the rupture of the pact between the empire and the black snake. This happened...

region was the Ghana Empire (Wagadu). The name Ghana, often used by historians, was the regional title given to the ruler of the Wagadu empire. Centered in...

the Ghana Empire. It is also a commune with a population of 11,064 (census 2013). From the ninth century, Arab authors mention the Ghana Empire in connection...

rainforest. Additional regions are inspired by South Africa, Ghana, Mali, and Congo. The Wagadu Chronicles is created by Twin Drums, a game development studio...

BC–1180 AD) succeeded by Benin Empire (1180–1897/present AD) (NSM in Nigeria) (List of the Ogiso) Ghana/Wagadu Empire (200–1240 AD) (Kaya Magan Cissé)...

the eighth and tenth centuries, becoming a regional power surpassing even Wagadu. Al-Yaʿqūbī wrote in his Tarikh in around 872: There is the kingdom of the...

Diatta and was a member of the Soninke Wagadu matrilineage, reflecting influence emanating from the Ghana Empire. Serer people moved into the region in...

the southern parts of the former Wagadu (Ghana) Empire, and conquering Takrur. Diarra was a vassal of the Mali Empire beginning in the 12th or early 13th...

12th centuries as the Ghana Empire, or Wagadu, declined and trade epicentres shifted southward. The history of the Mali Empire before the 13th century...

at its height in the 10th and 11th centuries, roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire. It lasted in some form into the 18th century. There are a number of...

Soninke people of West Africa, the people associated with the Empire of Wagadu or Ghana. The name Gassire is likely a variation on the Soninke word gesere...

fall of the Ghana Empire, also known as Wagadu. The name Wagadugu would therefore mean 'home of the Wagu', the Soninke subgroup that ruled Ghana. The city...

for the best part of a millennium, with the Kingdom of Wagadu, the local name of the Ghana Empire, rising out of the Tichitt culture, growing wealthy following...

for the best part of a millennium, with the Kingdom of Wagadu, the local name of the Ghana Empire, rising out of the Tichitt culture, growing wealthy following...

of the Maraka (Dafin people are found in Ghana. The Marka originated from Soninke people from Wagadu Empire who migrated to the middle Niger between the...

successor state to the Ghana Empire, preserving the traditional snake cult of Wagadu. They came to the region from the Inner Niger Delta sometime between the...

the founders of the ancient Ghana Empire (not to be confused with modern Ghana), also called the Wagadu Empire. The empire has its roots roughly between...