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Africa
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Elena M Lopez (2021)
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1 Dec 2017
Events
956 – Ali becomes first ruler of Kilwa
300 – start of Iron Age occupation of site
c.1100 – Trade begins with China
c.1180 – Kilwa takes control of Sofala
1235 – Battle of Krina, Mali Empire formed
1250 – Rise of Great Zimbabwe
c. 1320 – Kilwa takes over Mafia Island
1324 – Mansa Musa’ pilgrimage to Mecca
c. 1330 – Ibn Battuta visits. Husuni Kubwa palace built
c. 1350 – Black Death causes economic decline
1391 – Timbuktu sacked by Mossi
1400 – Completion of stone buildings
c. 1415 – Muhammed Ibn Sulaiman,‘The Just’, is sultan
1430 – North African Tuareg seize Timbuktu
1450 – Decline of Great Zimbabwe
1493 – Songhay seizes Teghaza
1502 – Mali defeated by Songhay
1505 – Sack of Kilwa by Portuguese
1600 – Great Zimbabwe abandoned
1610 – Mali Empire splits
