By, Tommy Harris, Caleb Forbes, Cassidy Grande, and Alexa Rinato Ancient Ghana By, Tommy Harris, Caleb Forbes, Cassidy Grande, and Alexa Rinato

Geography / Physical Characteristics The kingdom of Ghana is located on the west coast of Africa. (See picture below) The climate there is warm and humid. The area has rivers nearby such as the Niger River.

Geography / Physical Characteristics Ghana is made up of a dense tropical rainforest that goes into the savanna. (A savanna is an area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes.) This place has tropical vegetation. There are a few mountains there too. Ghana is located to the north of the Equator.

Ghana Economy The people of Ghana traded mostly for ivory and silk. Farming The people there farmed a variety of things. Crops Yams Gourds peanuts papaya Beans Rice Onions sorghum - millet

Ghana Economy The city of Ghana was built on trade. The city traded lots of gold and salt. The salt mines were in the central Sahara. Salt was a very important factor to everyone, it helped preserve food and preserve food. (the salt had to mined) They traded lots of gold since the mines near them were rich with them

Food/Family Life Griot’s were story tellers that told stories that were mostly true In Ghana children did not go to school People were mostly farmers miners and artists People in ancient Ghana were responsible for passing on stories In Ghana they ate soups with fufu/plantain, cassava, kokonte, banku, boiled yam rice and bread The soups are light palm nut soup or ground nut soup They eat eggs, onions, dried shrimp, tomatoes and gari

Clothing/Shelter Houses were made from the Akan architecture The Houses were made out of slat slabs and camel skin roofs Homes were built close together Most of the homes were one story buildings Kente was made out of cotton Women wore hardly any makeup South Ghana people wore more of a smock, north people wore more of a gown They wore very bright clothing with lots of patterns People of Ghana didn’t wear shoes they wore sandals

LEADERSHIP/RULE&RELIGION Nobles-many Gods and Goddesses Common People- many Gods and Goddesses All different religions Traditional African religions- religious beliefs and practices of the people of Africa.

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