The Sosso Empire, also written as Soso or Susu, or alternatively Kaniaga, was kingdom of West Africa that originated as a vassal of the Ghana Empire before...

story of the formation of the Mali Empire, tells that a griot (praise-singer) named Bala Faséké Kouyaté convinced Sosso king Sumanguru Kante to employ him...

resembling Sharia. This resurgence did not last, however. By 1203, the Sosso rose against their masters and conquered Ghana. Oral historians link the...

the local people from the rule of the king of the Sosso Empire, Soumaoro Kanté. The conquest of Sosso in c. 1235 marked the emergence of Mali as a major...

c. 1240 Decline of the Ghana Empire c. 1,075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire c. 1100 — c. 1235 Aftermath and Sosso Occupation c. 1217 — c. 1230...

group in Guinea Susu language, language spoken by this ethnic group Sosso Empire, a twelfth-century Takrur kingdom of West Africa Susu (savings), an informal...

Ghana Empire (500–1200) Mali Empire (1230–1670) Gao Empire (750–1430) Songhai Empire (1340–1591) Pashalik of Timbuktu (1591–1833) Sosso Empire (1100–1235)...

face of invasion from the Almoravids and conquest by the Sosso Empire; after 1235, the Mali Empire rose to dominate the region, which traded with Bono state...

Kanem. The Sosso Empire sought to fill the void but was defeated (c. 1240) by the Mandinka forces of Sundiata Keita, founder of the new Mali Empire. The Mali...

Tichitt Culture Ghana Empire Djenne-Djenno Mali Empire Sosso Empire Bambara Kingdom Kaabu Empire Wassoulou Empire Kong Empire Borgu Emirate Gwiriko Manneh...

conquered or vassalized sequentially by the Wagadu, the Sosso Empire, the Mali Empire, and the Jolof Empire.: 72  Koli Tenguella founded the state of Denanke...

country's name. The Susu people are also referred to as Soosoo, Sossoé, Sosoe, Sosso, Soso, Sousou, Susso, Sussu, or Soussou. Most of those denominations are...

the Sosso Empire. The Mali Empire later formed on the upper Niger River, and reached the height of power in the 14th century. Under the Mali Empire, the...

region. In the twelfth century, the remnants of the Ghana Empire were invaded by the Sosso Empire king Soumaoro Kanté. Muslim scholars from Walata (beginning...

There would be nine faamas of Niani prior to the founding of the Mali Empire. Its first mansa would be Sundiata Keita. This is when Mari Jata is crowned...

Sosso (Susu); after 1235, the Mali Empire rose to dominate the region completely filling the imperial vacuum left by the once powerful Ghana Empire....

breakaway region of the Sosso Empire which itself had split from the earlier Ghana Empire. Thereafter Mali defeated the Sosso at the Battle of Kirina...

of North African traders. The Sosso Empire (12th to 13th centuries) flourished in the resulting void, and the Mali Empire came to prominence when Soundiata...

century to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages...

forces were victorious, and marched on to raze Sosso. The date is often cited as the beginning of the Mali Empire, which would control most of West Africa for...

the seat of several great empires which followed one another in Mali: the Ghana Empire, the Sosso Empire and the Mali Empire. The land of the Manding (or...

Diarra/Jara/Zara/Diafunu (1076–1860 AD) (at times vassal of Ghana, Mali and Kaarta) Sosso Empire (1076–1235 AD) (at the same time as other Ghana successors such as Diarra...

Kante and his Sosso kingdom. Mari Djata utilized the infantry resources of his allies within and outside of Manden proper to best the Sosso in several confrontations...

powerful Sosso king. At The Battle of Kirina, Sundiata and his allies defeated the Sosso king, and he became the first Emperor of the Mali Empire. He was...

to Susu oral tradition, they Identify the Yalunka with the medieval Sosso Empire of Soumaoro Kanté. The earliest evidence suggests that sometime around...

the Ghana Empire around 1100, the Mali Kingdom gained its independence. Initially, as small kingdom, it was conquered by the Sosso Empire in the twelfth...

AD)  Ghana Empire, properly known as Wagadou (c. 300–c. 1200s) Gao Kingdom (c.800s-1430) Sosso Empire (c.1200-1235) Part of the Mali Empire (c.1240–1559)...

Kanté) was a 13th-century king of the Sosso people. Seizing Koumbi Saleh, the capital of the recently defunct Ghana Empire, Soumaoro Kanté proceeded to conquer...

Sosso, a neighboring people of the Sudan. Traditions in Mali related that the Sosso attacked and took over Mali as well, and the ruler of the Sosso,...

arrived in the region. The Sosso kingdom (12th to 13th centuries) briefly flourished in the void but the Islamic Mandinka Mali Empire came to prominence when...