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  2. Mali Empire - Wikipedia

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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). At its peak, Mali was the largest empire in ...

  3. Architecture of Mali - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Mali is a distinct subset of Sudano-Sahelian architecture indigenous to West Africa. It comprises adobe buildings such as the Great Mosque of Djenné or the University of Timbuktu. It can be found all over the Sahel region of Africa. Malian architecture developed during the Ghana Empire, which founded most of Mali's great ...

  4. Sudano-Sahelian architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali, the largest mud-brick building in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. Sudano-Sahelian architecture refers to a range of similar indigenous architectural styles common to the African peoples of the Sahel and Sudanian grassland (geographical) regions of West Africa, south of the Sahara, but north of the fertile forest regions of the coast.

  5. Mansa Musa - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 September 2024. Ruler of Mali (c. 1312 – c. 1337) Musa I Depiction of Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, from the 1375 Catalan Atlas. The label reads: This Black Lord is called Musse Melly and is the sovereign of the land of the black people of Gineva (Ghana). This king is the ...

  6. History of the Mali Empire - Wikipedia

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    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. He was in turn defeated by a Mande coalition led by ...

  7. Mansa Sakura - Wikipedia

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    Mansa Sakura. Sakura ( Arabic: ساكورة, romanized : Sākūra; [ a] French: Sakoura; fl. 13th–14th century) was a mansa of the Mali Empire who reigned during the late 13th century, known primarily from an account given by Ibn Khaldun in his Kitāb al-ʻIbar. Sakura was not a member of the ruling Keita dynasty, and may have been formerly ...

  8. Culture of Mali - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Mali derives from the shared experience, as a colonial and post-colonial polity, and the interaction of the numerous cultures which make up the Malian people. What is today the nation of Mali was united first in the medieval period as the Mali Empire. While the current state does not include areas in the southwest, and is ...

  9. Landmarks in Mali - Wikipedia

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    Bandiagara Escarpment (Sandstone cliff located in Dogon, Mali. The Bandiagara Escarpment is a sandstone cliff located in the Dogon Country of Mali. It is a dramatic sandstone cliff, up to 500 meters high that stretches for about 150 km, with a high plateau above and sandy semi-desert plains below. The cliffs have been settled for at least 2,000 ...

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