Africa timeline By DKruger 600 timeline start 641 Siege of Alexandria 661 Brief Islamic Civil War 800 The Ghana Empire Period: 800 to 1700 East African slave trade Period: 1000 to 1500 Hausa city-states, Yoruba kingdoms, and Benin 1048 Almoravid Caliphate Period: 1050 to 1450 Great Zimbabwe 1148 Almohad Caliphate 1235 The Mali Empire Period: 1235 to 1255 reign of Sundiata Period: 1312 to 1332 The reign of Mansa Musa 1324 Mansa Musa makes the Hajj to Mecca 1420 Mutapa Emire Period: 1464 to 1592 The Songhai Empire Period: 1464 to 1492 The reign of Sunni Ali Period: 1493 to 1528 The reign of Askia the Great 1800 timeline end