GuineaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
2 SHARED EVENTSMali

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · GIN LEFT · MLI RIGHT

1. c. 1235

   Foundation of the Mali Empire on the upper Niger

   Sundiata Keita unites the Malinké chiefdoms of the Manding heartland and founds the Mali Empire, with its capital at Niani on the upper Niger.

   Formation · from the Guinea chronicle · The Mande Heartland and the Sahelian Empires · REFS 3 — Guinea — History, Mansa Mūsā’s Pilgrimage to Mecca, Songhai Empire

2. 1324

   Mansa Musa's pilgrimage makes Mali's gold legendary

   Under Mansa Musa, the Mali Empire — embracing the Mande lands of the upper Niger — reaches its height and becomes renowned abroad for the wealth of its rulers.

   Economy & Trade · from the Guinea chronicle · The Mande Heartland and the Sahelian Empires · REFS 2 — Mansa Mūsā’s Pilgrimage to Mecca, Guinea — History