Mali was once the most powerful empire in Africa, how did it come to decline?

Because Mali has been attacked, it has fallen.

Mali EmpireThe location of the land is the most fertile and the richest gold mines, hence the MansaMoussawill be consumed without moderation**. At that time, most of Africa's major gold mines were in the hands of the Mali Empire. But no country lasts forever, and no country can remain strong indefinitely.

Morocco. This was documented by the travelogue written by the traveler Ibn Batuta between 1352 and 1353, when power struggles began within the Empire, although at this time the Mali Empire was still very strong.

This is also closely related to the system of succession to the throne of the Mali Empire, which led to a power struggle. It is impossible for every emperor of the Mali Empire to be so sensible and militarized. At the end of the decade, the struggle for power began in the Mali Empire, border wars began, and the country became unstable.

After the 14th century, the Mali Empire was attacked by Moses.

Attacks and harassment by ethnic and Tuareg ethnic groups. In 1433, Timbuktu was occupied by the Tuaregs, and in the first half of the 15th century, some areas originally annexed by Mali became independent regions. In the first half of the 16th century, Mali's eastern territory continued to shrink under the attack of the Song Sea and the invasion of Morocco, when Western colonialists gradually invaded Senegal.

and the coastal areas of The Gambia.

The West**, which caused internal contradictions in Malian society, eventually led to the disintegration of Mali. In 1599, Emperor Mansa Mohammed III tried to recapture Diene, which was occupied by Morocco but defeated by the generals. In 1611, Mamadou III, the last emperor of Mali, was defeated at Bambala, between the Niger and Bani rivers, and the empire fell.

In this way, a powerful African empire is on the map of the world.

disappeared on it. In the long course of history, the Mali Empire has written a heavy stroke. Its former abundance, powerful army and the integrity of the system to the future world.

has had an indelible impact. The Malian Empire has come to an end, but it will never end. Stay in the long river of history.

1352 In 1353, it was recorded that although the Mali Empire was still very strong at this time, there was already a struggle for power within the empire. The Malian Empire adopted a system of succession that was opaque and deified the royal power, which led to a struggle for power. At the end of the 14th century, the Mali Empire began to see power struggles, and border wars broke out.

After the 14th century, the Mali Empire was attacked and harassed by the Moshi and Tuareg peoples. In the first half of the 15th century, some of the regions that had been annexed by Mali became independent. In the first half of the 16th century, in 1611, the empire came to the end of its life.

The decline of any empire is inseparable from two factors, internal contradictions, and the invasion of external forces, its decline is first of all internal contradictions, and then after the internal contradictions erupt, external forces continue to invade, and an empire is disintegrated in this way.

Mali has been invaded by other countries and has taken away all kinds of powerful resources, so that Mali has no resources for development and has since declined.

Mali is the second largest country in West Africa, with a northern border in the center of the Sahara Desert, and most people live in the south, where the Niger and Senegal rivers originate. Mali is a country with a long history and is known as the "cradle of West African culture". It is rich in tourism resources, such as the ancient city of Djenechunwu, the ancient city of Thongbu Qingbatu, the Dogon ruins and the tomb of the King of Askia in Gao, which are all included in the "World Heritage List".

Mali is the third largest gold producer in Africa, with proven reserves of 900 tons and an average annual output of about 50 tons. Bamako, the capital, is the political, economic and cultural center of the country.

The Mali Empire in Africa was an important historical period in the history of West Africa. West Africa has had close ties with the countries of North Africa for a long time, and due to its geographical location, West Africa lacks salt, but is rich in salt, so it has been complementary to the coastal countries and the developed countries of North Africa.

At the same time as the economy prospered, the region was also influenced by the advanced culture of the North African countries, so from the 8th century to the 16th century AD, three civilizations emerged, namely Ghana, Mali and Songhai.

Mali was originally a small country, located in the upper reaches of the Niger River in southern Ghana, and was predominantly inhabited by the Malinkai people, whose main faith is Islam. Mali was practically subordinate to Ghana until the 11th century, when the latter began to decline, and the Malians were conquered by the Soso, and it was not until the 13th century that Mali became stronger.

In 1235 A.D., the prince of Mali, Sundiata, with the support of the local population, first conquered the Soso, then Ghana, and then developed production, agriculture, handicrafts, etc., not only to grow his own food to support himself, but also to produce a large number of cotton fabrics sold abroad. It's also very inspiring.

However, the establishment of the Mali Empire had a lot to do with King Mansa Musa, whose reign saw Mali reach its heyday, expanding its territory from the Atlantic Ocean to Gao, north into the Sahara Desert, and south to the tropical forests of the equator. Some people may ask, how can this problem be solved without being constrained by other countries because it does not produce salt? As Mali expanded, it occupied the salt-producing areas of Todni in the north and more gold mines in the south.

So now that there is gold, salt, and the ** with North African countries, Mali has developed to the extreme, and some prosperous big cities have also been produced, such as Timbuktu, Gao and so on. The country that signed it, so when the Imperial countries and the non-northern countries developed diplomatic relations with each other, it was a well-known and superior country in the region....

The Mali Empire is a slave state that rose in West Africa from the 13th century to the 14th century, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an empire, in the heyday of the 14th century, it has extraordinary influence in Africa and the Middle East, not only economic prosperity, cultural development is also very prosperous, and its monarch is also very authoritative, known as "Mansa", which means "king of kings", which shows the influence at that time.

The Mali Empire expanded through military conquest, encompassing West Africa and a very large part of North Africa, on the basis of the already mature agricultural economy, not only occupied the salt-producing areas in the north, but also occupied more gold mines, and promoted economic prosperity between the North African countries at that time. Mali's main export commodities are salt, ** and slaves, and it is said that the number of camels alone has reached more than 12,000 in the caravans that Mali goes to Cairo every year to trade.

Between 1324 and 1326, the Malian monarch Mansa Musa led a very large team to Mecca for the Hajj, because the state religion of Mali is Islam, along the way this team can be called a real mighty, according to records, at that time there were 500 slaves in front of the procession with gold rods in their hands to open the way, and there were 80 camels in the back of the procession to carry **, Mansa Musa also went all the way to alms. In Cairo, he once rewarded the local officials**, which actually caused the local gold price to plummet, you can imagine how rich his reward was, and even more so the wealth of the Mali Empire.

It can be said that Mali is very rich, but it is definitely not an uneducated landlord, and the development of culture is also an important measure of its empire. At that time, the Ming monarch Mansa Musa not only invited many Muslim scholars from abroad, but also founded schools, the Sancol Mosque in Timbuktu, the big city at that time, was a famous academic center, and also accepted many white European students here, and the local library was also rich in books, and all kinds of scholars, doctors, and architects came to Mali.