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Sundiata

1217 CE – 1255 CE · 38 years

The child who could not walk became the man who built an empire. Sundiata Keita — born into prophecy, hardened by exile, victorious at Kirina — founded the Mali Empire and gave his people one of history's earliest human rights charters.

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Landmark

Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand)

500 BCE – 1220 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity

Chagatai Khanate

1225 CE – 1687 CE

Conflict

Kara-Khitan (Western Liao) Conquests

1124 CE – 1218 CE

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Genghis Khan

1162 CE – 1227 CE

Landmark

Lelu Ruins

1250 CE – 1600 CE

Polity

Cuman-Kipchak confederation

1000 CE – 1241 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

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Events the timeline places between 1217 CE and 1255 CE.

1250 CE Lelu Ruins 1219 CE Mongol Invasion of Khwarezmia 1231 CE Goryeo-Mongol Wars 1235 CE Mali Empire Conquests 1235 CE Mongol Conquest of Song China 1235 CE Wars of the Mali Empire

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