The Kingdom of Ghana
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Roger Culos (CC BY-SA 4.0)
West African gold was the secret to Ghana’s power.
King Tunka of Ghana sat on his throne in a huge, open building called a pavilion. Behind him stood servants holding shields and swords decorated with gold. To his right stood Ghana’s noblemen and their sons. They wore beautiful robes and had gold threads braided into their hair....
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