Sundiata founds the Mali Empire at Kirina
1235
At the Battle of Kirina on the upper Niger, the exiled Mande prince Sundiata Keita broke the sorcerer-king Sumanguru of Sosso and assembled the scattered clans into the Mali Empire. His gold and griots would reshape West Africa's political and literary geography. The Kouroukan Fouga, a charter of governance attributed to Sundiata, organized the empire's clans and trade guilds for generations to come.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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