{"id":53,"date":"2017-01-04T06:09:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T06:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/malile\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2018-01-18T05:40:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T05:40:55","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/mali\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_501\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-501\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-501 size-full\" title=\"history of mali\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/17.png\" alt=\"history of mali\" width=\"600\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/17.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/17-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">History<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to historians, Mali takes its name from the prestigious empire of Mali, the most powerful empire at the South of Sahara during the Middle-Ages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mali is the cultural heir to the succession of ancient African empires: Ghana, Mali and Songhai, that occupied the West African savannah. These empires controlled Saharan trade and were in touch with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern centers of civilization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Empire, dominated by the Soninke or Saracol\u00e9 people and centered in the area along the Western Malian-Mauritanian border, was a powerful trading state from about A.D. 700 to 1075.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Mali Empire had its origins on the upper Niger River in the 11th Century. Expanding rapidly in the 13th Century under the leadership of Soundiata Keita, it reached its peak about 1325, when it conquered Timbuktu and Gao.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Songhai Empire expanded its power from its center in Gao during the period 1465-1530. Timbuktu was a center of commerce and of the Islamic faith throughout this period with its countless manuscripts.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Enregistrer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Enregistrer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Enregistrer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Enregistrer<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; According to historians, Mali takes its name from the prestigious empire of Mali, the most powerful empire at the South of Sahara during the Middle-Ages. &nbsp; Mali is the cultural heir to the succession of ancient African empires: Ghana, Mali and Songhai, that occupied the West African savannah. 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