Ghana Empire
c. 300–c. 1200
West African trading empire, rich from gold and salt.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- c. 300–c. 1200
- Place
- West Africa
Who was alive during Ghana Empire
- Faxian 337–c. 422, pilgrim
- Kalidasa c. 350–c. 450, poet
- Bodhidharma c. 440–c. 528, monk
- Justinian I c. 482–565, emperor
- Uthman c. 573–656, caliph
- Muawiyah I c. 597–680, caliph
- Pakal the Great 603–683, king
- Wu Zetian 624–705, empress
- Tonyukuk c. 646–c. 726, military leader
- Malik ibn Anas c. 711–795, imam
- Rabia of Basra c. 717–801, Sufi mystic
- Al-Tabari 839–c. 923, historian
- Harald Fairhair c. 850–c. 932, king
- Al-Farabi c. 872–c. 950, philosopher
- Ibn Fadlan c. 879–c. 960, traveler
- Ferdowsi 940–c. 1020, poet
- Bi Sheng c. 970–c. 1051, inventor
- Mahmud al-Kashgari c. 1005–c. 1102, scholar
- Ramanuja c. 1017–c. 1137, philosopher
- Su Song 1020–1101, polymath
- Omar Khayyam 1048–1131, poet
- Milarepa c. 1052–c. 1135, mystic
- Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078–1166, mystic
- Hildegard of Bingen 1098–1179, abbess