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Jan 1, 600
Ghana rise
The capital of Ghana was Koumbi. The people started out as farmers. -
Jan 3, 700
No farming, now trading
Ghanians stopped raising cattle, sheep, and dates. Now they started trading ivory, slaves, and gold -
Jan 7, 1062
The new king is here
In 1062 Tenkamenin became the new king of Ghana. He lived in a large wood house and mud castle. -
Jan 9, 1236
Mali the new kindom
Sundiata, a magician and warrior, became the king of Mali. -
Jan 11, 1240
Mali's new gold and salt trade
Sundiata destroyed the capital of Ghana and took over the salt and gold trade. -
Jan 13, 1307
The next king of Mali
Munsa musa became new king. He is the grandnephew of Sundiata -
Jan 15, 1334
Death in Mali
Mansa Musa died but he left an empire governed by law and a good economy -
Jan 17, 1464
The king of Songhai
Sunni ali became a leader of Sonhai and he was the ruler of the most powerful West African empire -
Jan 19, 1493
the new leader of Sonhai
Askia Muhammad was a brilliant leader. -
Jan 21, 1497
Askia pilgramge
He went on pilgramge and brought back with him are doctors, architects, scientists, and scholars. -
Songhai falls
Morocco and Spain came and destroyed the last of great African empires. -
King's new religion
the king of Ghana became a muslim.
