Koumbi Saleh

(noun)

The site of a ruined medieval town in southeast Mauritania that may have been the capital of the Ghana Empire.

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Examples of Koumbi Saleh in the following topics:

  • The Ghana Empire

    • Research on the site of Koumbi Saleh (or Kumbi Saleh), a ruined medieval town in southeast Mauritania that may have been the capital of the Ghana Empire, suggests earlier beginnings.
    • The empire's capital is believed to have been at Koumbi Saleh on the rim of the Sahara desert.