Wangara people - Wangara tribe (English spelling)

Japanese: ワンガラ族 - ワンガラぞく(英語表記)Wangara
Wangara people - Wangara tribe (English spelling)
An Islamized merchant group that is believed to have been in charge of the gold trade in the interior of West Africa. It is also known by names such as Wangara, Wangarawa, and Ungaros. A 12th-century Arabic Sicilian geography book mentions the existence of a "country of Wangara" south of the ancient kingdom of Ghana, which had flourished through gold trade until the 11th century. After the decline of ancient Ghana, the Mali Empire, which flourished to the east in the Great Bend of the Niger River, also relied on trade between rock salt transported from the Sahara Desert and gold brought from the country of Wangara as an important economic foundation.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
西アフリカ内陸の金の交易をつかさどっていたと思われるイスラム化された商業集団。ワンカーラ,ワンガラワ,ウンガロスなどの名でも知られている。12世紀のシチリアのアラブの地誌に,11世紀まで黄金の交易で栄えていた古ガーナ王国の南に〈ワンカーラのくに〉があると記されている。古ガーナの衰退後,その東方,ニジェール川大湾曲部地方に栄えたマリ帝国でも,サハラ砂漠から運ばれてくる岩塩と,ワンガラのくにからもたらされる金との交易は,重要な経済的基盤だった。

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