Mali Empire
Mali Empire Manden Duguba | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| c. 1235–1670 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Territory of the Mali Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Identification disputed; possibly no fixed capital | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Mandinka, Mande languages, Bambara, Wolof | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion |
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| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mansa | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1235–1255 | Mari Djata I (first) | ||||||||||||||||||||
• c. 17th century | Mahmud IV (last) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Gbara | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Postclassical Era to Early Modern Era | ||||||||||||||||||||
| c. 1235 | |||||||||||||||||||||
• State divided among emperor Mahmud Keita IV's sons | c. 1610 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Niani sacked and burned by the Bamana Empire | 1670 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1250[1] | 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1380[1][2] | 1,100,000 km2 (420,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1500[1] | 400,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Gold dust (Salt, copper, silver and cowries were also common in the empire) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mali Empire, 1226 se 1670 talak, west Africa me ek empire rahaa. Ii empire ke Sundiata Keita (1214 - 1255) suruu karis rahaa aur ii empire ke iske wealth ke khaatir jaana jaae hae. Jab ii sab se barraa rahaa tab ii west Africa ke sab se barraa empire rahaa aur ii ilaaka ke sanskriti me iske bhasa, niyam aur sankriti se bhaari asar rahaa.[3]
Ii empire ek chhota kingdom se suruu bhais rahaa, Niger Naddi ke source ke nasdik. 11th aur 12th century me ii Ghana Empire ke naam se barraa bhais rahaa, lekin ii kamjor parr gais jab jaada trade south ke bagal chal diis.[4]
References
[badlo | source ke badlo]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Taagepera 1997, p. 497).
- ↑ (Turchin, Adams & Hall 2006, p. 222).
- ↑ "The Empire of Mali, In Our Time – BBC Radio 4". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ Davidson, Basil (2014-10-29) (in en). West Africa before the Colonial Era: A History to 1850. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-88265-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=4SEiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA174.