The Jolof Empire (Arabic: امبراطورية جولوف), also known as Great Jolof, or the Wolof Empire, was a Wolof and Sereer confederacy state that ruled parts...
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nation of Senegal. For nearly two hundred years, the Wolof rulers of the Jolof Empire collected tribute from vassal kings' states who voluntarily agreed to...
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Jolof (French: Djolof or Diolof) may refer to either of Jolof Empire, a West African successor state to the Mali Empire in modern Senegal from the 14th...
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The following is a list of rulers of the Jolof Empire. The Jolof Empire (French language – Diolof or Djolof) was a West African state that ruled parts...
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the empire's driving force, Mandinka people, influenced many later states in West Africa including break-away powers such as the Songhay and Jolof empires...
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military efforts against the Jolof Empire, hastening its collapse. After Koli's reign, the Denianke dynasty ruled a large empire but later on succession struggles...
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Njaajan Njaay or Njai in English, was the semi-legendary founder of the Jolof Empire. The story of Ndiadiaye Ndiaye is recorded in the oral histories of the...
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Wolof populations of the area united into their own state known as the Jolof Empire in the 1350s. Still, when Ibn Battuta arrived at Mali in July 1352, he...
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and the region would be divided between France and Great Britain. The Jolof Empire ruled parts of Senegal from 1350 to 1549. After 1549, its vassal states...
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making Sine a vassal of the Jolof Empire. It is for this reason that scholars agree that the Jolof Empire was not an empire founded by conquest, but through...
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Buumi (section In the Jolof Empire)
pre-colonial Serer Kingdoms of Sine, Saloum and Baol, as well as in the Jolof Empire. In the Serer kingdoms, the Buumi was the first in line to inherit the...
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Jollof rice (redirect from Jolof rice)
dish can be traced to north Senegal, which was ruled by the Wolof or Jolof Empire in the 14th century, spanning parts of today's Senegal, The Gambia and...
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from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. Cayor was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom of Jolof, and north...
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Wolof people (section Wolof Empire)
pronunciation of the name.) The spelling Jolof is also often used, but in particular reference to the Jolof Empire and Jolof Kingdom that existed in central Senegal...
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central Senegal. Founded in the 11th century, it was a vassal of the Jolof Empire before becoming independent in the mid-16th century. The ruler bore the...
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include the older French Ouolof, Jollof, or Jolof, which now typically refers either to the Jolof Empire or to jollof rice, a common West African rice...
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This is a navigational list of empires. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References External links List of former...
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short-lived, empire that made Takrur a vassal. They were followed by the Mali Empire, which did the same.: 72 Tekrur was conquered by the Jolof emperor Tyukuli...
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Jolof Empire and Cayor, a rebellious vassal. The decisive Aajor victory and the death of the reigning Buurba of the empire signaled the end of Jolof hegemony...
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in the formation of the Jolof Empire and the election of Ndiadiane. According to Charles Becker, Victor Martin the Jolof Empire was probably founded in...
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Senegal. He was responsible for breaking Cayor's vassalage under the Jolof Empire at the battle of Danki in 1549, and reigned until 1593. Amary Ngoné was...
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List of Muslim states and dynasties (redirect from Islamic Empire)
(1776–1821) Imamate of Futa Jallon (1725–1911) Empire of Great Fulo (1490–1776) Jolof Empire (1350–1549) Kingdom of Jolof (1549–1875) Cayor (1549–1879) Kingdom...
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great Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire, the Jolof Empire, the Kaabu Empire, the Kingdoms of Sine, Saloum, Baol, Waalo and Takrur. During...
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History of Senegal (section Kingdoms and empires)
The Jolof Empire was founded by a voluntary confederacy of States; it was not an empire built on military conquest in spite of what the word "empire" implies...
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Janjero Capital: Fofa Japan – Ashikaga Shogunate Capital: Kyoto Jolof – Jolof Empire Capital: Linguère Joseon – Kingdom of Great Joseon Capital: Hanseong...
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century, Namandiru and the Jolof Empire during the 13th and 14th centuries. Eastern Senegal was once part of the Ghana Empire. Islam was introduced through...
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Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mali Empire from the 14th to 16th centuries in present-day Senegal The Wolof or Jolof Kingdom...
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or Burba, of the Jolof Empire. He was the last emperor. After his defeat at the Battle of Danki in 1549, the empire collapsed and Jolof became a mere kingdom...
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Fula people (section The Empire of Massina)
Lamtuna, the Mali Empire and the Jolof Empire, in the early 16th century the area was conquered by Koli Tenguella, who founded the Empire of Great Fulo....
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List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history (redirect from African empire)
Kingdom (13th century–1656/19th century AD) Jolof Empire (13th century–1549 AD) succeeded by Kingdom of Jolof (1549–1890 AD) Kingdom/Imamate of Wala (1317...
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