Scientists are reporting for the first time that sculptors from the fantastically wealthy ancient Empire of Mali -- once the ... left on ancient African artifacts used in ceremonies involving ...

A heavy guilder’s tax was imposed on everything that passed through the empire, in or out. In four centuries, Mali expanded its territory, influence, and culture thanks to a well-trained imperial army ...

Yet the name of the 14th-century ruler of the Empire of Mali, a place where gold was readily ... feet with a spectacular array of ancient artifacts — and, as the title suggests, pieces of ...

Mansa Musa turned the kingdom of Mali into a sophisticated ... who promoted scholarship and patronaged culture in Mali.

11th century - Empire of Mali becomes dominant force in the upper ... historically important as a focal point of Islamic culture and a trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route.

“Africans knew how to write before many outside Africa did,” said Andogoly Guindo, Mali’s minister of culture. “These manuscripts can throw light on part of Africa’s past.” But ...

For centuries, its northern city of Timbuktu was a key regional trading post and centre of Islamic culture ... 1226-1670 - Mali Empire becomes dominant force in the upper Niger basin following ...