Africa
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Updated: 1 Dec 2017
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Created byElena M Lopez (2021)
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956 – Ali becomes first ruler of Kilwa300 – start of Iron Age occupation of sitec.1100 – Trade begins with Chinac.1180 – Kilwa takes control of Sofala1235 – Battle of Krina, Mali Empire formed1250 – Rise of Great Zimbabwec. 1320 – Kilwa takes over Mafia Island1324 – Mansa Musa’ pilgrimage to Meccac. 1330 – Ibn Battuta visits. Husuni Kubwa palace builtc. 1350 – Black Death causes economic decline1391 – Timbuktu sacked by Mossi1400 – Completion of stone buildingsc. 1415 – Muhammed Ibn Sulaiman,‘The Just’, is sultan1430 – North African Tuareg seize Timbuktu1450 – Decline of Great Zimbabwe1493 – Songhay seizes Teghaza1502 – Mali defeated by Songhay1505 – Sack of Kilwa by Portuguese1600 – Great Zimbabwe abandoned1610 – Mali Empire splits
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