Ivory CoastandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSGhana

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · CIV LEFT · GHA RIGHT

1. 11th–14th centuries

   The savannas join the trans-Saharan trade

   As the Ghana and Mali empires expanded southward, the northern peoples of the region — Senufo and Mandé — were drawn into trans-Saharan commerce, exchanging forest kola nuts for salt, cloth, and gold.

   Economy & Trade · from the Ivory Coast chronicle · The northern savannas, the Dyula, and the Empire of Kong · REFS 3 — History of Côte d'Ivoire, History of Ivory Coast, Background Notes: Cote d'Ivoire

2. c. 1690

   Akan states form on the eastern frontier

   As the Asante Empire rose in present-day Ghana, Akan groups such as the Abron founded states near the eastern edge of modern Côte d'Ivoire, beginning a long era of Akan migration into the region.

   Peoples & Migration · from the Ivory Coast chronicle · The Akan migrations: Baoulé and Agni kingdoms · REFS 2 — History of Ivory Coast, History of Côte d'Ivoire

3. c. 1710

   Seku Watara founds the Empire of Kong

   Seku Watara united the Dyula of Kong into a state, often called the Wattara Empire, that grew rich controlling the gold and kola trade and reached into present-day Burkina Faso, Mali, and Ghana.

   Formation · from the Ivory Coast chronicle · The northern savannas, the Dyula, and the Empire of Kong · REFS 2 — Kong Empire, History of Ivory Coast