Called Wagadu by its rulers, it derived its more familiar name from the king's title of warlord.
Its population consisted of Soninke clans of Mande-speaking people who acted as intermediaries between the Arab and Berber traders of salt to the north and the producers of gold and ivory to the south. Called Wagadu by its rulers, it derived its more familiar name from the king's title of warlord. It had become rich and powerful by 800, but in 1240 its capital was occupied by Sundiata, who incorporated it into his new and greater empire of Mali. FTP, name this first of the great medieval trading empires of West Africa, which flourished during between the 9th and 13th centuries and whose name survives today in the modern country whose capital is Accra.
Its population consisted of Soninke clans of Mande-speaking people who acted as intermediaries between the Arab and Berber traders of salt to the north and the producers of gold and ivory to the south.
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