The Mail Empire was a West African empire that existed from 1230 to 1600 (nehemia levtzion). The Mali Empire can also be referred to as the Mandingo Empire or the Manden Kurufa Empire. The empire Had many reflective culture effect on West Africa. The empire was founded by Sundaita Keita, and stretched over a large area that where consisted of small kindoms and provinces.
The Mali Empire was successful because of the trade it had over other empire in Africa. The empire contain three gold mines with in its provinces. Unlike the songhai and Ghana empire which where area for transit point for gold. The Mali Empire taxed every gold that went through Mali. With the empire controlling these three gold mines, Bambuk, boure and galam, Mali became the source of half of the world gold at that time. The Saharan and Sahelian villages were prepared as both staging post in the far away caravan trade and trading centers for numerous West African goods. For example, Taghaza salt was exchange for takedda copper. The empire used slave labor to transport goods form one town to another at the same time used a slaves for their trade suggesting that the empire …show more content…
kolankon mansa inherited and develop a stronge army thanks to steady taxes income. sundjate keita is credit for at least the initial organization of manding war machine. However it went through radical changes before reaching the legendry proportions proclaim by its subject (Ari Nave and Elizabeth Heath). The army was form by each town obligated to providing a quota of fighting age men, and these man had to be free and appear with their own arms giving to them by their chiefs.
The fall of the Mali Empire started after the death of Mahmud IV death. Oral tradition states that he had three sons who fought over manden’s remains. No single person ever rule manen after Mahmud IV death resulting in the end of the Mali
The Mali Empire was successful because of the trade it had over other empire in Africa. The empire contain three gold mines with in its provinces. Unlike the songhai and Ghana empire which where area for transit point for gold. The Mali Empire taxed every gold that went through Mali. With the empire controlling these three gold mines, Bambuk, boure and galam, Mali became the source of half of the world gold at that time. The Saharan and Sahelian villages were prepared as both staging post in the far away caravan trade and trading centers for numerous West African goods. For example, Taghaza salt was exchange for takedda copper. The empire used slave labor to transport goods form one town to another at the same time used a slaves for their trade suggesting that the empire …show more content…
kolankon mansa inherited and develop a stronge army thanks to steady taxes income. sundjate keita is credit for at least the initial organization of manding war machine. However it went through radical changes before reaching the legendry proportions proclaim by its subject (Ari Nave and Elizabeth Heath). The army was form by each town obligated to providing a quota of fighting age men, and these man had to be free and appear with their own arms giving to them by their chiefs.
The fall of the Mali Empire started after the death of Mahmud IV death. Oral tradition states that he had three sons who fought over manden’s remains. No single person ever rule manen after Mahmud IV death resulting in the end of the Mali