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Proposed Flag for Azawad: A white Field with a blue Star and crescent in the center. [4] 2012–present: Flag of The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad: A horizontal tricolor of green, red and black with a yellow triangle based on the hoist side. [4] Used as the national flag of the unrecognized State of Azawad from 2012 to 2013.
Flag of Mali; List of Guinean flags; List of Malian flags; List of Mauritanian flags; List of predecessors of sovereign states in Africa; Mali Empire; Military history of the Mali Empire; User:Absolutiva/List of wealthiest historical figures
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).
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
The Mali Empire started in 1230 and was the largest empire in West Africa and profoundly influenced the culture of West Africa through the spread of its language, laws and customs. [15] Until the 19th century, Timbuktu remained important as an outpost at the southwestern fringe of the Muslim world and a hub of the trans-Saharan slave trade .
The history of the Mali Empire begins when the first Mande people entered the Manding region during the period of the Ghana Empire. After its fall, the various tribes established independent chiefdoms. In the 12th century, these were briefly conquered by the Sosso Empire under Soumaoro Kante.
Scholars and oral historians have proposed various etymologies for the name Kaabu.These include it being derived from Kaba or Kangaba, Mali, the capital of the Mali Empire; from the Mandinka phrase kaa bung folo, meaning 'let's keep fighting'; or from Kambutchi, meaning 'the circumcised people' in the Bainuk language, the name of the pre-existing Bainuk kingdom.
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