IN CONTEXT
Islam and trade in West Africa
c.500 ce The Kingdom of Ghana emerges.
1076 Ghana is conquered by the Almoravids, who establish an Islamic Empire from Spain to the Sahel.
1240 Sundjata establishes the Muslim Malian Empire, capturing Ghana and gaining control of its strategic salt, copper, and gold mines.
1433 Mali loses control of Timbuktu, which is incorporated into the Songhai Empire of Gao.
1464 Sonni Ali, king of Songhai, begins the expansion of his empire, as Mali contracts further still.
1502 Mali is defeated by the Songhai Empire.
The Muslim West African kingdom of Mali burst onto the world stage with a flourish in the ...
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