History of Africa By SAGARWAL1029 Period: 639 to 709 Muslim Conquest of North Africa 641 Siege of Alexandria Period: 656 to 661 Islamic Civil War 661 Brief Islamic Civil War Period: 700 to 1076 The 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 The Almoravids Period: 1050 to 1450 Great Zimbabwe 1076 Ghana Empire Falls to Almoravids Period: 1121 to 1269 The Almohads 1148 Almohads Eliminate Almoravids 1235 Sundiata Founds Mali Empire Period: 1235 to 1670 The Mali Empire Period: 1235 to 1255 Sundiata Rules Mali Period: 1312 to 1332 Mansa Musa Rules Mali 1324 Mansa Musa takes Hajj to Mecca 1420 Nyatsimba Mutota Founds Mutapa Empire Period: 1420 to 1760 The Mutapa Empire 1464 The Songhai Empire breaks off Mali Period: 1464 to 1592 The Songhai Empire Period: 1464 to 1492 Sunni Ali Rules Songhai Period: 1493 to 1528 Askia the Great Rules Songhai 1591 Moroccan Army Crosses Sahara and Defeats Songhai