Ancient Ghana's Richest Civilization
ANCIENT GHANA
AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
Table of Contents Introduction to Ancient Ghana 3
Geography 3
Religion 3
Daily and Family Life 4
Social Structure 4
Fashion 4
Food 5
Art and Architecture 5
Symbols 5
Attractions 6
Introduction to Ancient Ghana
Ancient Ghana is a place where millions of people come to visit to trade. It’s remembered in history as being one of the richest ancient civilizations. Modern day Ghana is not related to Ancient Ghana as someone might think that from its name. Ancient Ghana existed from 400-1200 and was known as Awkar. To understand the importance of Ancient …show more content…
Warriors were the most important job because they kept Ancient Ghana safe. Slaves (normal people who had no jobs) were often captured during war for jobs. Sometimes, criminals were captured for slavery too. Girls very usually married at 12-15. Men usually stayed home, while women usually went outside to go get jobs. Girls stayed home to learn cooking, weaving, and things you need to learn and do when you are an adult. Girls and boys became adults at 12. Boys went through a ceremony to make them men and girls got married at the age of …show more content…
Men wear coloured dresses with green, red, and orange. The sashes have the same colours. Girl’s colours that they wear are yellow, orange, purple, and green. The boys wear the same colours and design as the girls. Both Girls and Boys wear a shirt, pants, and a hat. Jewellery in Ancient Ghana are Gold jewellery, tomato beads, tribal necklaces (tuck, shell, and leather), and mollusc shell beads. Food
Foods found in Ancient Ghana were yam, beans, rice, onions, sorghum, millet, gourds, cotton, and peanuts. The national food in Ancient Ghana is Millet (small grain) usually comes with sorghum and rice. Other foods in ancient Ghana were Gari Foto: eggs, onions, dried shrimp, tomatoes, and Gari. Agushi: squash seed sauce, tomatoes, and onions. Omo Tuo: mashed rice balls with ground nut soup. Jollof rice and Red-red: fried plantain and bean sauce. Kenkey: boiled fermented corn dough. Fish, Kelewele, deep fried and heavenly plantain. Shito hot pepper sauce. Art and
AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
Table of Contents Introduction to Ancient Ghana 3
Geography 3
Religion 3
Daily and Family Life 4
Social Structure 4
Fashion 4
Food 5
Art and Architecture 5
Symbols 5
Attractions 6
Introduction to Ancient Ghana
Ancient Ghana is a place where millions of people come to visit to trade. It’s remembered in history as being one of the richest ancient civilizations. Modern day Ghana is not related to Ancient Ghana as someone might think that from its name. Ancient Ghana existed from 400-1200 and was known as Awkar. To understand the importance of Ancient …show more content…
Warriors were the most important job because they kept Ancient Ghana safe. Slaves (normal people who had no jobs) were often captured during war for jobs. Sometimes, criminals were captured for slavery too. Girls very usually married at 12-15. Men usually stayed home, while women usually went outside to go get jobs. Girls stayed home to learn cooking, weaving, and things you need to learn and do when you are an adult. Girls and boys became adults at 12. Boys went through a ceremony to make them men and girls got married at the age of …show more content…
Men wear coloured dresses with green, red, and orange. The sashes have the same colours. Girl’s colours that they wear are yellow, orange, purple, and green. The boys wear the same colours and design as the girls. Both Girls and Boys wear a shirt, pants, and a hat. Jewellery in Ancient Ghana are Gold jewellery, tomato beads, tribal necklaces (tuck, shell, and leather), and mollusc shell beads. Food
Foods found in Ancient Ghana were yam, beans, rice, onions, sorghum, millet, gourds, cotton, and peanuts. The national food in Ancient Ghana is Millet (small grain) usually comes with sorghum and rice. Other foods in ancient Ghana were Gari Foto: eggs, onions, dried shrimp, tomatoes, and Gari. Agushi: squash seed sauce, tomatoes, and onions. Omo Tuo: mashed rice balls with ground nut soup. Jollof rice and Red-red: fried plantain and bean sauce. Kenkey: boiled fermented corn dough. Fish, Kelewele, deep fried and heavenly plantain. Shito hot pepper sauce. Art and