jake and nitin timeline period 4 mr.liss

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  • Feb 7, 1000

    the king of ghana

    There were a few and they all were secretive with there gold.
  • Feb 7, 1130

    The fall of Ghana

    Ghana was very weak at the time and was seized by the growing empire mali
  • The Empire Mali
    Jan 7, 1235

    The Empire Mali

    Mali was the second important empire after ghana. This empire has a lot of accomplishments.
  • the king of mali [Mansa Musa]
    Feb 7, 1276

    the king of mali [Mansa Musa]

    He was a very rich and powerful king. Known for giving out gold.
  • Feb 7, 1350

    the rise of songhai

    Songhai takes over mali when they were weak.
  • it had salt and gold mines [mali]
    Feb 7, 1387

    it had salt and gold mines [mali]

    It included the gold fields of Bumbuk and Bure and the great cities of Timbuktu, Djenne, and Gao on the Niger River and extended to the salt mines of Taghaza.
  • Nile River
    Feb 7, 1400

    Nile River

    The empire spreaded from the Atlantic coast south of the Senegal River to Gao on the east of the middle Niger .
  • Feb 7, 1440

    the starting of songhai

    they were somewhat part of mali and traded fish with them.
  • Feb 7, 1550

    the king songhai

    the king of songhai was muslim and this was a very strong muslim empire

  • the fall of songhai

    there was a huge civil war and then the empire was ended.
  • Period: to

    time span of empires

  • the starting of ghana

    ghana was the first big empire of africa and was very successful and rich
  • Ghana Gold

    Ghana Gold

    Ghana got very powerful because of its gold trades. Alot of people didnt know about this gold because it was very secret.