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