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Manden Kurufa
Mali Empire |
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Extent of the Mali Empire (ca. 1350) |
| Capital |
Niani; later Ka-ba |
| Language(s) |
Mandinkan |
| Religion |
Ancestor Worship; Islam |
| Political structure |
Empire |
| Mansa (Emperor) |
| - 1235-1255 |
Mari Djata I (first) |
| - ca. 17th c. |
Mahmud IV (last) |
| Legislature |
Gbara |
| History |
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| - Established |
1230s |
| - Capital moved from Niani to Kangaba |
1559 |
| - State collapses and divided among emperor's sons |
1600s |
| Area |
| - 1250[1] |
100,000 km2 (38,610 sq mi) |
| - 1312[2] |
1,294,994 km2 (500,000 sq mi) |
| - 1380[1] |
1,100,000 km2 (424,712 sq mi) |
| - 1500[1] |
400,000 km2 (154,441 sq mi) |
| Population |
| - 1450[3] est. |
45,000,000 |
| Currency |
Gold dust
(Salt, copper and cowries were also common in the empire) |
National Symbol: Falcon
Sacred Animal:Falcon and numerous other animals according to each of the governing clans (Lion, Boar, etc.) |
| Warning: Value specified for "continent" does not comply |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Taagepera, page 497
- ↑ Hempstone, page 312
- ↑ Walker, Sheila S.: "African roots/American cultures: Africa in the creation of the Americas", page 127. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001
