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THE GAO EMPIRE: fortified in riches
The Gao Empire precedes that of the Songhai Empire in the region of the Middle niger, its name comes from the town of Gao situated on the eastern Niger bend. In the ninth century CE, it was considered to be the most powerful and important West African kingdom. Pre-Islamic history of Gao The earliest mention of Gao is by al-Khwārizmī who wrote in the first phase of the 9th century.In the 9th century Gao was already an important regional power. Al-Yaqubi wrote in his Tarikh in around 872: Ibn al-Faqih (writing c. 903) mentions a caravan route from Egypt to ancient Ghana via Kawkaw. [7] but Ibn Hawqal (writing c. 988) states that the old route from Egypt to the Sudan was abandoned in the reign of the Egyptian ruler Ibn Tulun (ruled 868-884) as some of the caravans were attacked by bandits while others were conquered by the wind-blown sand.The more direct trade route was replaced by one that went to Sijilmasa before heading south over the Sahara. The Gao Empire and the Al...
WEEKDAYS NAMING
During our younger days, we play around on Saturdays, wait for the school bell to ring on Fridays; with ecstacy the students will rush out of the school to the assembly point to say the grace, I wager that moment is the most joyous moment of the week for us, thus starts the weekends. Am sure that is also how it is for students around the world. Later when I grow up and got out of elementary school I used to think “who could be so brilliant to have named the days of the week” The days of the week is as old as the human race itself, and thus every civilizations has its own versin of the days of the week. the Greek named the days f the weeks after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which in other way round were named after the gods Ares,hermes,zeus,cronus and the goddess aphrdite the daughter f zeus. The babylonians in the there instance know the time with the aid f the lunar months; they do nt specifically name the week days or even postulates that there are...