Mali


 * Capital at Timbuktu
 * Ruled by Mansa Musa
 * One ruler of the Laye lineage built a mosque every Friday on his hajj
 * Declined after the city of Gao rebelled under pressure from Bamana raiding
 * Sundiata led exiles against the Sosso in the Battle of Kirina
 * One leader subjugated the Hausa
 * Merchants were the Dyula or Wangara
 * Extended trade to the Taghaza region
 * A 44-edict constitution divided it into sixteen clans, each represented in the Gbara