West African Kingdoms By bigman100 Period: 11 to 1500 Hausa city-states, Yoruba kingdoms, and Benin Period: 700 to 1076 The Ghana Empire Period: 1235 to 1670 The Mali Empire Period: 1235 to 1670 Reign of Sundiata Period: 1312 to 1337 Reign of Mansa Musa 1324 Mansa Musa's Hajj to Mecca Period: 1454 to 1492 Reign of Sunni Ali Period: 1486 to 1591 Songhai Empire Period: 1493 to 1528 Reign of Askia the Great