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Tenkamainia became ruler of Ghana
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Muslim Invaders captured the captial and Ghana began to crumble
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A king named sumanguru tried to restore glory to ghana
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Mali gained power and they defeated the lost king in 1235
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King Sundiata destroyed the captial of Ghana and took the gold and salt trade
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Mansa Musa became the new ruler of Mali. He was very religious Muslim
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He visited the holy city of mecca, as all muslims are required to do in their lifetimeHe brought thousands of slaves and hundreds of pounds of gold to show his wealth. He gave many gifts and became very popular
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Mansa Musa died. He left behind an empire governed by law and a good economy. Also, Timbuktu became a learning center for scholars around the world. No european country had nationalism but the empire of mali did. By the fifteenth century, however, a bigger and greater power was on the rise
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Sunni Ali, a Muslim leader of the Songhai, defeated the forces of Mali and became the ruler of the most powerful West african empire
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Songhai's brilliant leader, Askia Muhammand, took the throne. He encouraged learning, trade, abd increased the power of Songhai's srmy by forving neighboring communities to provide exta soldiers
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Askia mada a pilgrimage to Mecca and returned with doctors, architects, scientists, and scholars to help build his empire. Because of Askia's open minded policies, Songhai gre and prospered. Songhai grew and prospered. Banks, schools, mosques, and court were for the citizens of Songhai.
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The empire remained the most powerful West Africa had ever seen until 1700 when the invading force of Morocco and Spain destroyed the last of great african empire.
