he kingdom began to decline in the eleventh century. In 1076, the Berbers, commanded by Abu Bakr, attacked Ghana from the north. This invasion destroyed Koumbi Saleh. The kingdom of Ghana's control over the salt trade in the region began to decline as a result of the invasion. The kingdom finally fell around 1235, when the Malinke people overthrew Ghana and established the empire of Mali (Holt).
