Ancient+Trading+Kingdoms+of+Africa

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 * Trading Kingdoms of Africa 800-1050 **

BBC: The Story of Africa

Ghana Mali Songhay PBS- Explore the Wonders YouTube Clips African Cultural Center **West African Kingdoms Timeline **

Queen Amina of Zazzau expands the Zaria emirate through a series of wars. |||| ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="70" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="6" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="210" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="10" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||^  ||
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 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || 200 BC || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || **-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || City of ancient Jenne thought to have been established.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="14"]] ||^  ||^   ||^   || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||^   ||^   ||||^   ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || 500 BC || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || **-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || Earliest evidence of Nok culture found in Nigeria.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Zaghawa people settled next to Lake Chad. Thought to be the early founders of Kanem.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Fishing community form the nucleus of early Songhay.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">First Hausa state thought to have been formed.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">900 AD || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Igbo-Ukwo bronze ceremonial objects start being made in Nigeria.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1st millennium AD || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">A number of clans of the Soninke people come together under Dinga Cisse, a leader with semi-divine status.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Early 11th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Sefawa dynasty displaces Zaghawa in Kanem. Yoruba kingdoms of Ife and Benin thought to have been founded.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1060's || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Kanem converts to Islam.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1076 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Almoravid campaign against ancient Ghana and enter its capital.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">11th-12th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Gold fields begin to be mined at Bure, out of the commercial reach of Ghana. New trade routes open up further east.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1210 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Mai Dunama Dibalami becomes ruler of Kanem, leading it to the height of its power. The centre of government moves to Borno. The state becomes known as Kanem-Borno.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1230's || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">The Ancient Empire of Ghana declines. Empire of Mali comes to prominence under Mansa (king) Sundiata Keita after he defeats Sosso ruler Sumanguru.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">14th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Empire of Mali reaches its peak.
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1310's || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Mansa Abubakar II sets out to cross the Atlantic Ocean and is never seen again. Mansa Musa succeeds him as ruler.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1324 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Mansa Musa of Mali makes his magnificent pilgrimage to Mecca.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1464 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">King Sunni Ali becomes leader of Songhay and defeats Mali.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1493 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Mande Muslim general, Askia Muhammad, seizes power and expands Songhay.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1510 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Moroccan writer Leo Africanus visits Gao, the capital of Songhay.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1513 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Leo Africanus visits Timbuktu.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1591 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Moroccan army defeats Songhay.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1670's || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Osei Tutu defeats Denkyira and establishes Asante empire.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">17th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Ife eclipsed by expanding Oyo kingdom.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">18th century || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Kanem-Borno goes into decline.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1804 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Usman dan Fodio launches Jihad in northern Nigeria.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1809 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Sokoto caliphate established.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1874 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Asante lose territory to the British under Treaty of Fomana.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1881 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Prempeh I becomes Asantehene (King of the Asante).  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1896 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Prempeh I sent into exile by British.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1897 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">British soldiers loot city of Benin taking valuable bronzes and other objects.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1900 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Yaa Asantewa (Asante Queen Mother) leads a revolt against the British.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1901 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Asante annexed by the British.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1924 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Prempeh I returns from exile to Kumasi.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1935 || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-** || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="5"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="bodytextsections" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">The Asante monarchy restored.  |||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] |||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] |||||||| [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/images/furniture/clear.gif width="1" height="1"]] ||