Chapter
African Empires
Mali, Ethiopia, and trans-Saharan trade.
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Mali Empire
1235 CEWest African empire controlling trans-Saharan gold trade and renowned for wealth, learning, and Islamic scholarship
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Ethiopian Empire
1270 CEAncient Christian kingdom claiming Solomonic descent, the only African nation never colonized by European powers
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Mamluk Military System
1250 CESlave-soldier system where military slaves became rulers, defeating both Crusaders and Mongols
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The Slave-Soldier System
833 CEInstitutional FormMilitary forces recruited from enslaved outsiders who owed loyalty only to their masters, often becoming rulers themselves
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