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| Mali Empire Nyeni (Bambara) after c. 1230: Manden Kurufaba (Bambara)[1] | ||||
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| Capital | Niani; later Ka-ba | |||
| Language(s) | Malinké, Mandinka, Bambara, Fulani, Bozo | |||
| Religion | African Traditional Religion, Islam | |||
| Political structure | Empire | |||
| Mansa (Emperor) | ||||
| - 1235–1255 | Mari Djata I (first) | |||
| - c. 17th century | Mahmud IV (last) | |||
| Legislature | Gbara | |||
| Historical era | Postclassical Era | |||
| - Established | c. 1230 | |||
| - Capital moved from Niani to Kangaba | 1559 | |||
| - State collapses and divided among emperor's sons | c. 1600 | |||
| Area | ||||
| - 1250[2] | 100,000 km2 (38,610 sq mi) | |||
| - 1312[3] | 1,294,994 km2 (500,000 sq mi) | |||
| - 1380[2] | 1,100,000 km2 (424,712 sq mi) | |||
| - 1500[2] | 400,000 km2 (154,441 sq mi) | |||
| Currency | Gold dust (Salt, copper and cowries were also common in the empire) | |||
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| National Symbol: Falcon Sacred Animal:Falcon and numerous other animals according to each of the governing clans (Lion, Boar, etc.) | ||||
The Empire of Mali dates back from c. 1230 to the 1600s in the area of West Africa that, at its height, covered portions of the present-day countries of Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire. Though the kingdom of Mali existed for hundreds of years earlier as a state of the Empire of Ghana, it only became an empire itself under the leadership of King Sundiata.[4] The history of this time has been preserved in the story of Sundiata's Epic.
References
- ↑ Piga, Adriana: "Islam et villes en Afrique au sud du Sahara: Entre soufisme et fondamentalisme", page 265. KARTHALA Editions, 2003
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Taagepera, page 497
- ↑ Hempstone, page 312
- ↑ Jackson, John G. (2001). Introduction to African Civilizations. New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corp. p. 207. ISBN 0-8065-2189-9.
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