Kaylen Tavarez Mali Timeline By KarateKaylen2604 1337 BCE Mansa Musa Died 1330 BCE Mansa Musa Added More Important Trade Cities 1324 BCE Mansa Musa Left On A Pilgrimage To Mecca 1256 BCE Mansa Musa Began To Rule Mali 1256 BCE The Religion of Islam Spread Through A Large Part of West Africa 1255 BCE Death of Sundiata 1235 BCE Sundiata Took Power From Local Leaders and Gave Himself Title of Mansa 1234 BCE Sundiata Introduced Cotton 1232 BCE Sundiata Took Over Salt and Gold Trades 1230 BCE The Beginning of Mali Jan 1, 1230 Sundiata and His Army Conquered Nearby Kingdom's and Ghana