Koumbi Saleh, or Kumbi Saleh, is the site of a ruined ancient and medieval city in south east Mauritania that may have been the capital of the Ghana Empire...

architectural and material cultural elements similar to those found at Koumbi Saleh in the 1920s. The earliest proto-polity ancestral to Ghana likely arose...

Levtzion & Hopkins 2000, p. 46. As Tegdaoust is 318 km (198 mi) north of Koumbi Saleh, the likely site of the Ghanaian capital, each stage would correspond...

the 11th century. Around 750 AD, these kingdoms grew into Awkar, or Koumbi Saleh. 11th century Arab historian Al-Bakri wrote about this great kingdom...

Twelve Doors of Mali Ghana Empire (c. 700 – c. 1200) Soninke people Koumbi Saleh Mali Empire (c. 1235–1670) Musa I of Mali Mandinka people Kouroukan Fouga...

the Maghribi commercial city of Sijilmasa and its southern terminus in Koumbi Saleh, capital of the Ghana Empire. Later, the southern trade route ended in...

his rule the heretic Barghawatas were destroyed. In 1076, he conquered Koumbi Saleh capital of the Ghana Empire, and is credited to have brought Islam in...

Ghana controlled access to the goldfields of Bambouk, southeast of Koumbi Saleh. A percentage of salt and gold going through its territory was taken...

Ghana controlled access to the goldfields of Bambouk, southeast of Koumbi Saleh. A percentage of salt and gold going through its territory was taken...

Twelve Doors of Mali Ghana Empire (c. 700 – c. 1200) Soninke people Koumbi Saleh Mali Empire (c. 1235–1670) Musa I of Mali Mandinka people Kouroukan Fouga...

his rule, and religious persecution drove Muslim traders to abandon Koumbi Saleh for Djenne and Oualata. He beheaded Muslim kings who opposed him.: 212–13 ...

and themselves set out on a road of conquest, they take its capital Koumbi Saleh in 1203 1235 Great warrior leader Sundiata Keita of the Mandinka people...

in Burkina Faso, Diouboye in Senegal, Gao Ancien, Essouk in Mali, and Koumbi Saleh in Mauritania, all in twelfth- to fourteenth-century contexts. Ilé-Ifè...

desiccated and the settlements began to decline, most likely relocating to Koumbi Saleh. From the type of architecture and pottery, it is believed that Tichit...

Sumanguru Kanté) was a 13th-century king of the Sosso people. Seizing Koumbi Saleh, the capital of the recently defunct Ghana Empire, Soumaoro Kanté proceeded...

Ghana Empire is attacked by the Almoravids, who sack the capital of Koumbi Saleh, ending the rule of king Tunka Manin 1076: the Chinese Song dynasty places...

excavations carried out in several historic Mauritanian cities such as Koumbi Saleh, Aoudaghost, Tichit, Ouadane and Azougui. The ethnographic collections...

Diara Kanté (var: Jara Kante), Soumaoro's father gained control of Koumbi Saleh, dethroned a Muslim dynasty and continued the Diarisso Dynasty (variation:...

Hassichegar Jidr-El Mouhguen Kaédi Kamour Kankossa Keur-Macene Kobeni Koumbi Saleh Lahraj Legrane Leouossy Lexelba Maghama Magta-Lahjar Male Mbagne Mbalal...

Hassichegar Jidr-El Mouhguen Kaédi Kamour Kankossa Keur-Macene Kobeni Koumbi Saleh Lahraj Legrane Leouossy Lexelba Maghama Magta-Lahjar Male Mbagne Mbalal...

Hassichegar Jidr-El Mouhguen Kaédi Kamour Kankossa Keur-Macene Kobeni Koumbi Saleh Lahraj Legrane Leouossy Lexelba Maghama Magta-Lahjar Male Mbagne Mbalal...

Twelve Doors of Mali Ghana Empire (c. 700 – c. 1200) Soninke people Koumbi Saleh Mali Empire (c. 1235–1670) Musa I of Mali Mandinka people Kouroukan Fouga...

desiccated and the settlements began to decline, most likely relocating to Koumbi Saleh. Architectural evidence and the comparison of pottery styles suggest...

Kingdom 1500–1701 AD Gao Gao Empire 9th century–1430 AD Ghana Empire Koumbi Saleh Empire 400–1235 AD Great Fulo Anyam-Godo Empire 1490–1776 AD Guinala...

architectural and material cultural elements similar to those found at Koumbi Saleh in the 1920s. The earliest proto-polity ancestral to Ghana likely arose...

Upper Niger. Under the leadership of Soumaro Kanté, the Sosso seized Koumbi Saleh, former capital of the Ghana Empire, and expanded outward, conquering...

Hassichegar Jidr-El Mouhguen Kaédi Kamour Kankossa Keur-Macene Kobeni Koumbi Saleh Lahraj Legrane Leouossy Lexelba Maghama Magta-Lahjar Male Mbagne Mbalal...

Twelve Doors of Mali Ghana Empire (c. 700 – c. 1200) Soninke people Koumbi Saleh Mali Empire (c. 1235–1670) Musa I of Mali Mandinka people Kouroukan Fouga...

Hassichegar Jidr-El Mouhguen Kaédi Kamour Kankossa Keur-Macene Kobeni Koumbi Saleh Lahraj Legrane Leouossy Lexelba Maghama Magta-Lahjar Male Mbagne Mbalal...

to Rome. Aoudaghost, an important Berber trading center and rival of Koumbi Saleh, is captured by the Ghana Empire. King Edward the Confessor unites the...