What powerful countries have there ever been in Africa?

The center is approximately in the middle and upper reaches of the Niger River. The empire of Ghana was at its peak from about the 9th century AD to the 11 century, and ruled the West Africa region south of the Sahara Desert. Because it once monopolized the gold trade in West Africa (later replaced by the Mali Empire) and its daily life was almost all related to gold, the Ghana Empire was also called the Golden Country.

Around AD 300, the ancient Kingdom of Ghana was established between the Senegal River and the upper reaches of the Niger River. After the 7th century AD, the power of Islam expanded to North Africa, but Ghana has always been independent from the Islamic world and entered a period of its most extensive territory. In the 11 century AD, the Islamized Al-Murabit dynasty rose in Morocco and invaded Ghana in 1062, but was repulsed; however, in 1076, the Al-Murabit dynasty finally captured Ghana's capital Kunbi (Kunbi). It is still controversial whether it was the capital of the Ghana Empire) and forced the local people to convert to Islam. After that, the Ghana Empire began to decline and was finally annexed by the Mali Empire.

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