À partir de XIᵉ siècle
Ghana Empire, western Sudan
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Tunka-Menin was a ruler of Ghana who succeeded to the throne in 1063. He was portrayed as wielding great power and inspiring respect as the sovereign of a major empire. The extent of his dominions remains uncertain and is reconstructed principally through al-Bakri’s information.
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Tunka-Menin came to the throne of Ghana in 1063. His accession is the only precise chronological point attached to his reign in these pages, while its end date is not supplied. He appears in the context of a powerful Ghanaian monarchy whose influence extended across commercial routes, rival political centres, and associated settlements.
His authority was described in terms of power and respect rather than through a detailed account of campaigns or administrative institutions. The limits of his dominions could not be securely drawn; they were instead inferred from information attributed to al-Bakri. Ghana’s relationships with Takrur in the west and Gao in the east illustrate the competitive political and commercial environment in which his rule operated.
The reconstruction of Tunka-Menin’s Ghana depends on the comparison of different kinds of evidence. The pages stress that corroboration in early African history is difficult and rare, but regard the compatibility of al-Bakri’s account with oral traditions and archaeological evidence as strengthening the geographer’s reliability.
À partir de XIᵉ siècle
Ghana Empire, western Sudan
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
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Le récit
Tunka-Menin came to the throne of Ghana in 1063. His accession is the only precise chronological point attached to his reign in these pages, while its end date is not supplied. He appears in the context of a powerful Ghanaian monarchy whose influence extended across commercial routes, rival political centres, and associated settlements.
His authority was described in terms of power and respect rather than through a detailed account of campaigns or administrative institutions. The limits of his dominions could not be securely drawn; they were instead inferred from information attributed to al-Bakri. Ghana’s relationships with Takrur in the west and Gao in the east illustrate the competitive political and commercial environment in which his rule operated.
The reconstruction of Tunka-Menin’s Ghana depends on the comparison of different kinds of evidence. The pages stress that corroboration in early African history is difficult and rare, but regard the compatibility of al-Bakri’s account with oral traditions and archaeological evidence as strengthening the geographer’s reliability.
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