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Period: 300 to 1100
Ghana Empire
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Period: 1000 to 1500
Hausa city-states, Yoruba kingdoms, and Benin
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Period: 1235 to
Mali Empire
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Period: 1235 to 1255
Reign of Sundiata
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Period: 1312 to 1327
Reign of Mansa Musa
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1324
Mansa Musa makes the Hajj to Mecca
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Period: 1375 to
Songhai Empire
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Period: 1464 to 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
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Period: 1493 to 1528
Reign of Askia the Great