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| 6. Other Regions in West Africa |
| 1200–1300 |
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| Founding of the Wolof Empire in Senegal by Ndiadiane N'Diaye. | 1 |
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| 1400–1500 |
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| Located in the interior of the Niger Bend region, the Mossi developed a centralized political system and a powerful military. Their forces raided the middle Niger region between the 1430s and 1480s in an attempt to fill the political vacuum left after the decline of Mali. In 1483, Sunni Ali Ber of Songhay defeated the Mossi and drove them away from the middle Niger. | 2 |
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| 1434 |
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| Cape Bojador was the first Portuguese landing point on Africa's northwest coast. The Portuguese arrival there served as a prelude to further voyages along the West African coast. Between 1441 and 1483 the Portuguese would land on what became known as the Malaguetta, Ivory, Gold, and Slave coasts. In 1483 they reached as far south as the Kongo kingdom. | 3 |
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| 1455 |
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| A Portuguese explorer, Alvise da Cadamosto, established contact with the Wolof on the coast south of the Senegal River, and with the Malinke states on the Gambia River. His visit marked the beginning of sub-Saharan Africa's participation in the international commercial system based in the Atlantic. The Portuguese traded textiles, cooperware, cowries, and horses for gold, ivory, slaves, and locally made cotton cloth. (See Sudanic West and Central Africa) | 4 |
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