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  started between 500 and 700 and ended in 1800's
 Location: nothern Nigeria, northwestern Niger
 Population: 15 million
 Neighbors: Kanuri, Fulani, Akan, Songhay, Yoruba
 Founder (Bayajidda) came from the east to escape farther. when he got here he started to employ blacksmiths.
 There are seven states divided up on production. and location is based on what they do for labor.
 Leadership is based on ancestry
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  1100-1400
 Great Zimbabwe is located in central modern-day Zimbabwe. An exceptional feature of the empire were its walls, some of which over five meters high. The empire’s decline came from abandonment.
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  Location: nothern Nigeria, northwestern Niger
 Population: 15 million
 Neighbors: Kanuri, Fulani, Akan, Songhay, Yoruba
 1200-1500
 Founder (Bayajidda) came from the east to escape farther. when he got here he started to employ blacksmiths.
 There are seven states divided up on production. and location is based on what they do for labor.
 Leadership is based on ancestry
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  Location: nothern Nigeria, northwestern Niger
 Population: 15 million
 Neighbors: Kanuri, Fulani, Akan, Songhay, Yoruba
 1375-1591
 Founder (Bayajidda) came from the east to escape farther. when he got here he started to employ blacksmiths.
 There are seven states divided up on production. and location is based on what they do for labor.
 Leadership is based on ancestry
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  empire went from 1400-1905
 Location: nothern Nigeria, northwestern Niger
 Population: 15 million
 Neighbors: Kanuri, Fulani, Akan, Songhay, Yoruba
 Founder (Bayajidda) came from the east to escape farther. when he got here he started to employ blacksmiths.
 There are seven states divided up on production. and location is based on what they do for labor.
 Leadership is based on ancestry
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  1430-1760
 The Mutapa empire was located in modern-day Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Its founders were most likely politically related to the constructors of Great Zimbabwe. The decline was caused by infighting among different factions which eventually got the Portuguese involved.
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  empire went from 1440-1897
 Location: nothern Nigeria, northwestern Niger
 Population: 15 million
 Neighbors: Kanuri, Fulani, Akan, Songhay, Yoruba
 Founder (Bayajidda) came from the east to escape farther. when he got here he started to employ blacksmiths.
 There are seven states divided up on production. and location is based on what they do for labor.
 Leadership is based on ancestry
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  Location: nothern Nigeria, northwestern Niger
 Population: 15 million
 Neighbors: Kanuri, Fulani, Akan, Songhay, Yoruba
 900-1240
 Founder (Bayajidda) came from the east to escape farther. when he got here he started to employ blacksmiths.
 There are seven states divided up on production. and location is based on what they do for labor.
 Leadership is based on ancestry
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  960-1513
 Location: nothern Nigeria, northwestern Niger
 Population: 15 million
 Neighbors: Kanuri, Fulani, Akan, Songhay, Yoruba
 Founder (Bayajidda) came from the east to escape farther. when he got here he started to employ blacksmiths.
 There are seven states divided up on production. and location is based on what they do for labor.
 Leadership is based on ancestry