African Civilizations Timeline Project and Review By Cat_ Period: 600 to 600 Start Main Timeline 641 Siege of Alexandria Period: 680 to 692 Brief Islamic War Period: 700 to 1076 Ghana Empire Period: 800 to 1700 East African Slave Trade Period: 1000 to 1500 Hausa city-states, Yoruba Kingdoms, and Benin Period: 1040 to 1147 Almoravid Caliphate Period: 1050 to 1450 Great Zimbabwe Period: 1121 to 1269 Almohad Caliphate Period: 1235 to 1670 Mali Empire Period: 1235 to 1255 The reign of Sundiata Period: 1312 to 1332 The reign of Mansa Musa 1324 Mansa Musa makes the Hajj to Mecca Period: 1430 to 1760 Mutapa Empire 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 Period: 1800 to 1800 End Of Main Timeline