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Manden Kurufa Mali Empire
Location of Mali Empire 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
- 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
↑ 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
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