Ancient Mali was essentially a trade nation, particularly during the trans-Saharan trade era. A system of control and taxes on trade provided stability to the Mali Empire by generating wealth. Trading ...

Ancient Mali was essentially a trade nation, particularly during the trans-Saharan trade era. A system of control and taxes on trade provided stability to the Mali Empire by generating wealth. Trading ...

Mali's antiquities are protected—in principle ... a roughly 2,000-year-old commercial center along the ancient gold-trade route from Ghana and one of the oldest urban centers in sub-Saharan ...

There was also the city of Jenne-Jeno (ancient Jenne), which archaeologists ... Gold was not its only mainstay. Mali also acquired control over the salt trade. The capital of Niani was situated ...

In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire was central to several key trading routes, and with the support of a well ...