page_title: List of conflicts in Mali
section_title: Mali Empire
hierarchical_section_title: List of conflicts in Mali / Medieval Times / Mali Empire
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of West Africa, AD 1530. (Partially based on Atlas of World History (2007) - Islam and new states in Africa, map.)
context_page_description: c. 970 — c. 1240 Decline of the Ghana Empire
  c. 1,075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire
  c. 1100 — c. 1235 Aftermath and Sosso Occupation
  c. 1217 — c. 1230 Pre-imperial expansion of the Mali Empire
  c. 1217 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Sundiata Keita
  c. 1235 Battle of Kirina
  c. 1217 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Fakoli and Fran
context_section_description: 1235 — 1230 Pre-imperial expansion
  c. 1235 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Sundiata Keita
  c. 1235 Battle of Kirina
  c. 1235 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Fakoli and Fran
  1235 — 1250 Early imperial expansion of the Mali Empire
  1235 — 1255 Tiramakhan's western campaign
  1255 — 1270 Expansion under Mansa Ouali I
  Civil war and rebellion
  1285 — 1300 Re-conquest and expansion under Mansa Sakura
  1300 — 1337 The empire at its zenith
  1337 — 1440 The fragmenting empire
  1337 — 1440 The secession of Gao and the Mossi raids
  The Jolof Empire
  1374 The Eastern Revolt
  c. 1400 The Sandaki usurpation and second Mossi raid
  The Diawara Revolt
  c. 1433 The Tuareg invasion
  1440 — 1490 The empire on the defensive
  The Portuguese
  Songhai hegemony
  Tengela War
  1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali empire
  Songhay hegemony in the Sahel
  The Songhay respite and the battle for Bambuk
  The Rise of the Kaabu Empire
  The Sack of Niani
  Further losses
  April 26, 1599 Battle of Jenné
caption: The Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire and surrounding states, c. 1530
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