Ghana Empire dominates West African gold trade
1006
At Kumbi Saleh, the Soninke rulers of the Ghana Empire presided over a court where dogs wore golden collars and guards bore gilded shields. By controlling the Bambuk gold fields and taxing every salt caravan crossing the Sahara, the empire had become the wealthiest state in sub-Saharan Africa, its gold reaching mints from Cordoba to Cairo.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.