Africa Timeline By ahjhhhhhhh Period: 639 to 709 Muslim conquest of north Africa 641 Siege of Alexandria 661 Islamic Civil war Period: 700 to 1076 Ghana Empire Period: 800 to 1700 East African slave trade Period: 1000 to 1500 Period of Hausa city states, Yoruba Kingdoms, and Benin Period: 1040 to 1147 Almoravid Caliphate Period: 1050 to 1450 Great Zimbabwe Period: 1121 to 1269 Almohad Caliphate Period: 1226 to 1670 Mali Empire Period: 1235 to 1255 Reign of Sundiata Period: 1312 to 1332 Reign of Mansa Musa 1324 Mansa Musa Makes the Hajj Period: 1420 to 1760 Mutapa Empire Period: 1464 to 1592 The Songhai Empire Period: 1464 to 1492 Reign of Sunni Ali Period: 1493 to 1528 Reign of Askia the Great