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Wars of the Mali Empire

1235 CE – 1599 CE

Sundiata Keita defeated the Sosso at Kirina and founded the Mali Empire, which became the wealthiest state in the medieval world under Mansa Musa.

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Wars of the Mali Empire

1235 CE – 1599 CE

Sundiata Keita defeated the Sosso at Kirina and founded the Mali Empire, which became the wealthiest state in the medieval world under Mansa Musa. At its peak it controlled the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade across West Africa.

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