- Africa
Koumbi Saleh as a Saharan emporium
Koumbi Saleh, widely identified as Ghana's capital, grows into a major trading town with a Muslim merchants' quarter and, at its peak, tens of thousands of inhabitants.
Era: The Ghana Empire and the Sanhaja Sahara
Sources: Koumbi Saleh · Wikipedia, History of Mauritania · Wikipedia
Economy & TradeThe 9th century
Economy & Trade in the 9th century
One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 9th century, tagged economy and trade — trade, currency, industry and resources. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 1
- Nations
- 1
- Earliest
- 800
- Latest
- 800
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.