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The Ghana Empire (c. 300 until c. 1235) was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania and western Mali. Complex societies had existed in the region since about 1500 BC, and around Ghana's core region since about 300 AD. When Ghana's ruling dynasty began is uncertain; it is first mentioned in documentary sources around 830 AD by Muá¸¥ammad ibn MÅ«sÄ al-KhwÄrizmÄ«.
The earliest of these empires was the Ghana Empire which expanded throughout West Africa from the 8th century until 1078. The Mali Empire later formed on the upper Niger, and reached the height of power in the fourteenth century.