African Kingdoms Timeline

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  • 1670 BCE

    Osei Tutu defeats Denkyira and establishes Asante empire

  • 1591 BCE

    Moroccan army defeats Songhay

  • 1513 BCE

    Leo Africanus visits Timbuktu

  • 1510 BCE

    Leo Africanus

    Moroccan writer Leo Africanus visits Gao, the capital of Songhay
  • 1493 BCE

    Mande Muslim general, Askia Muhammad, seizes power and expands Songhay.

  • 1464 BCE

    King Sunni Ali becomes leader of Songhay and defeats Mali

  • Period: 1464 BCE to 1591 BCE

    Songhai, the last of these three great empires, remained from 1464-1591 CE. It started under the control of the Mali Empire

  • Period: 1301 BCE to 1400 BCE

    Empire of Mali reaches its peak

    Queen Amina of Zazzau expands the Zaria emirate through a series of wars
  • 1230 BCE

    Ancient Empire of Ghana declines

    Mali comes to prominence under Mansa
  • 1210 BCE

    Mai Dunama Dibalami becomes ruler of Kanem, leading it to the height of its power

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Mali came next

  • 800 BCE

    The religion of Islam begins to spread through Africa

  • Period: 300 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Ghana was the first of the three early African empires