{"slug": "mali-empire", "label": "Mali Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184536", "qid": "Q184536", "description": "empire in West Africa from c.1230 to 1670", "entries": 14, "years": 12, "span": [1234, 1670], "span_label": ["1234 CE", "1670 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cairo", "label": "Cairo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mecca", "label": "Mecca", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mali", "label": "Mali", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "senegal", "label": "Senegal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "timbuktu", "label": "Timbuktu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ibn-battuta", "label": "Ibn Battuta", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1234, "year_label": "1234 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Manden region rises against the Kaniaga Kingdom. This is the beginning of a process that will lead to the rise of the Mali Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364989988#Africa", "title": "1234", "revid": 1364989988, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1235, "year_label": "1235 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Approximate date – Battle of Kirina: Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté, beginning the Mali Empire. By tradition, the Manden Charter, a constitution, is proclaimed in Kouroukan Fouga.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483906#Events", "title": "1235", "revid": 1362483906, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1236, "year_label": "1236 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Kouroukan Fouga, the constitution of the Mali Empire, is created by an assembly of nobles of the Mandinka clan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428601#Africa", "title": "1236", "revid": 1361428601, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1280, "year_label": "1280 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Mansa Musa, mansa of the Mali Empire (d. c.1337)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487782#Births", "title": "1280", "revid": 1362487782, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1324, "year_label": "1324 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – (26 Rajab 724 AH) Mansa Musa, the extraordinarily-wealthy Emperor of Africa's Mali Empire, arrives in Cairo after three days of camping by the pyramids of Giza, and brings with him a large entourage of fellow Muslim pilgrims and a vast supply of gold. Musa, who is making the pilgrimage to Mecca, meets with Egypt's Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad and stays in Cairo for three months before departing with the pilgrims on October 18.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303312513#July_–_September", "title": "1324", "revid": 1303312513, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1324, "year_label": "1324 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – (28 Shawwal 724 AH) After he and his entourage of Muslim pilgrims have stayed in Cairo for three months, the Emperor Mansa Musa of Africa's Mali Empire resumes the group's pilgrimage to Mecca", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303312513#October_–_December", "title": "1324", "revid": 1303312513, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1353, "year_label": "1353 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta makes the first recorded visit to Timbuktu and Kabara, when returning from a stay in the capital of the Mali Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629981#Date_unknown", "title": "1353", "revid": 1294629981, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1374, "year_label": "1374 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (modern-day Mali and Senegal).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369753981#Date_unknown", "title": "1374", "revid": 1369753981, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1387, "year_label": "1387 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Maghan II succeeds his brother, Musa II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347891884#Date_unknown", "title": "1387", "revid": 1347891884, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1389, "year_label": "1389 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sandaki overthrows Magha II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559797#Date_unknown", "title": "1389", "revid": 1360559797, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1390, "year_label": "1390 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Mahmud succeeds Sandaki as Mansa of the Mali Empire, restoring the Keita dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631980#Date_unknown", "title": "1390", "revid": 1371631980, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1390, "year_label": "1390 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sandaki Mari Djata, Mansa of the Mali Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631980#Deaths", "title": "1390", "revid": 1371631980, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Bamana forces from Ségou invade the Mali heartland, destroying the Mali Empire after its 400 years as a unified state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370309626#Date_unknown", "title": "1645", "revid": 1370309626, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Niani, capital of the Mali Empire, is sacked by the Bambara people of the emerging Segou Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#Date_unknown", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}