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AfricanHistoryandCivilization--Mali.pptAfrican History and Civilization
Mali Empire
Map of Africa
African Kingdoms and Empires
Geography
- Located in the savanna region
- Ideal for grain production
- Strategically located to control the westernmost trans-Saharan trade route
Early history
- Started out as a polity of the Madingo people (Kangaba kingdom)
- Spoke the Mande language
- One of the former subject states of Ghana empire
- Became a powerful kingdom in the 13th c.
Trans-Saharan trade
- Agricultural goods
- Mineral resources
- Gold (Wangara)
- Salt (Taghaza)
- Developed 3 commercial centers
- Timbuktu
- Gao
- Jenne
Sundiata (1234-1255)
- Crippled
- Defeated Sumanguru (Soso or Susu Kingdom) in 1235
- Conquered gold producing regions to the south
Mansa Kankan Musa (1307-1337)
- Devout muslim
- Went on pilgrimage, 1324-1325
- Performed pilgrimage on a lavish scale
- 100 camel loads of gold
- 500 servants carried gold staff
- Very generous on the way
Mansa Musa cont…
- Attracted skilled manpower
- Built efficient administration
- Judicial system based on the Islamic tenets
- Built a strong cavalry
Fall of Mali
- Decline set in by the 1360s
- Internal problems and external threat
- Dynastic disputes
- Weak administrations
- External aggression of the Mossi to the north and Tuaregs to the south
- The rise of Songhai to the east
