Africa and Europe - Pre-Modern Period
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Updated: 28 Jan 2020
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1312 - Mansa Musa came into power. Ruling for
twenty-five years, he expanded the empire
and sought peace and stability.
Everyone began practicing Islam, though
he chose some laws to not follow.1217 - Sundiata is the first king of Mali1352 - Beginning of the Fourteenth Century,
Ibn Battuta travels to great Mosque of Djenne.
Camels follow carrying large slabs of salt
(known as salt caravan; salt was a good
later traded for gold).1324 - Mansa Musa's voyages to Mecca.
His 5,000 slaves caravaning, carrying
five pounds of gold each.1350 - Timbuktu becomes major education center1510 - Spain makes first permanent European settlement
(today's Columbia)1513 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa and conquistadors begin colonizing Carribean islands
in areas of South America, using rival native tribes against each other1600 - Height of Spanish Empire, kingdom controlled much of Americas,
Africa, Asia, Oceania, and large portions of Europe.Periods
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