History of Africa

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  • 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

    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

    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

    The Mutapa Empire

  • 1464

    The Songhai Empire breaks off Mali

  • Period: 1464 to

    The Songhai Empire

  • Period: 1464 to 1492

    Sunni Ali Rules Songhai

  • Period: 1493 to 1528

    Askia the Great Rules Songhai

  • Moroccan Army Crosses Sahara and Defeats Songhai