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