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Page 761
... Ghana , in the extreme west , on the borders of modern Mauritania and of Mali . The Arabic sources , which are broadly confirmed by lo- cal tradition , indicate that the kingdom of Kanem was being formed during the 9th and 10th ...
... Ghana , in the extreme west , on the borders of modern Mauritania and of Mali . The Arabic sources , which are broadly confirmed by lo- cal tradition , indicate that the kingdom of Kanem was being formed during the 9th and 10th ...
Page 763
... Ghana , and were factors in bringing about the decay of the polity they had conquered . More southerly Mande groups , many of which had formed satellite kingdoms of the Ghana empire , began to act independently and to compete among ...
... Ghana , and were factors in bringing about the decay of the polity they had conquered . More southerly Mande groups , many of which had formed satellite kingdoms of the Ghana empire , began to act independently and to compete among ...
Page 784
... Ghana . Once the British had accepted the principle of cooperat- ing with nationalist politicians , their other West ... Ghana's trade was worth $ 630,000,000 a year and that government revenue , at more than $ 280,000,000 , was broadly ...
... Ghana . Once the British had accepted the principle of cooperat- ing with nationalist politicians , their other West ... Ghana's trade was worth $ 630,000,000 a year and that government revenue , at more than $ 280,000,000 , was broadly ...
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