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The Mali Empire (Manding: Mandé [3] or Manden Duguba; [4] [5] Arabic: مالي, romanized: Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita ( c. 1214 – c. 1255 ) and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita).
Flag of Free France: A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with The Cross of Lorraine. [6] Colonial flags 1958–1959: Flag of The French Sudan: The French tricolor with a black Kanaga centered on the white band. [7] 1959–1960: Flag of The Mali Federation: a vertical tricolor of green, gold, and red with a black Kanaga centered on the ...
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Mali Empire (possible) A reconstruction of the banner used by Musa I on the hajj, a possible historical flag of the Mali Empire. It consisted of a yellow rectangle centered on a red field. 1880–1958 2:3 French Sudan [a] The French tricolor was used as the official flag of French Sudan for most of its history. 1958–1959 2:3
At the time the area was a part of the Kingdom of Wuli, [2] but some sources claim that the Kamara were given the land by the Buurba of the Jolof Empire. [3] Two brothers, Cansia and Mansaly Kamara, established separate branches of the family in Niani, with Cansia founding Koumpentoum as the capital of his new kingdom, named after the homeland ...
The Keita dynasty ruled pre-imperial and imperial Mali from the 11th century into the early 17th century. [1] It was a Muslim dynasty, and its rulers claimed descent from Bilal ibn Rabah . The early history is entirely unknown, outside of legends and myths.
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The Gao Empire was a kingdom that ruled the Niger bend from approximately the 7th century CE until their fall to the Mali Empire in the late 14th century. Ruled by the Za dynasty from the capital of Gao , the empire was an important predecessor of the Songhai Empire .