sep 18, 1100 - Ghana Founded
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Believed to be the first of many empires that would rise in West Africa
During this time, the introduction of camels brought a gradual revolution in trade
Started trading gold, ivory, and salt to other parts of the world
Declined when it's power was broken by a long struggle with the Almoravids, led by Abdullah ibn Yasin
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