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    The Bamana Empire (also Bambara Empire or Ségou Empire, Bambara: ߓߊ߲ߓߊߙߊ߲߫ ߝߊ߯ߡߟߊ, romanized: Banbaran Fāmala) was one of the largest states of West Africa...
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    century, the Mali Empire faced incursions from the Bamana Empire, who ultimately sacked and burned the capital in 1670. The Mali Empire rapidly disintegrated...
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    Bambara people (redirect from Bamana tribe)
    conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall." The Bamana originated as a royal section of the Mandinka people. They are founders of the Mali Empire in the 13th Century. Both...
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    century) Kong Empire (1710–1898) centered in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire that also encompassed much of present-day Burkina Faso. Bamana Empire (1712–1896)...
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  • Sofa (warrior) (category Mali Empire)
    the Mali Empire. Sofas would also fight, in varying capacities, in the armies of later Mandé states such as the Bamana and Wassoulou empires. The word...
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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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    Dahomey, Ashanti Empire, Bamana Empire, Sokoto Caliphate, and the Toucouleur Empire. Central Africa: Kanem Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Wadai Empire, Sultanate...
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    Kaarta and Segu. With his western flank secure, Tall turned towards the Bamana Empire. He formally enthroned his son Ahmadu Tall as his successor and Amir...
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  • Bla, Mali (category Bamana)
    expansion of the Ségou (or Bamana) Empire around the first half of the 18th century. The verb "ka bila" means to "leave behind" in Bamana, thus Bla's name relates...
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  • Bambara (redirect from Bamana)
    primarily in Mali Bambara language, their language, a Manding language Bamana Empire, a state that flourished in present-day Mali (1640s–1861) Bambara (beetle)...
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    by the Fulbe jihad led by Seku Amadu in 1818, rebelling against the Bamana Empire, a political power that controlled the region from Segou. This jihad...
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    Bonoman, Sijilmassa, and other Saharan cities. It became part of the Mali Empire early in the 14th century. By this time it had become a major centre of...
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  • to: Ségou, a city in south-central Mali, the former capital of the Bamana Empire Sergi López Segú, Spanish footballer Segu (novel), by Maryse Condé SEGU...
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    before the 2018 World Cup. He is named after King Ngolo Diarra of the Bamana Empire. His younger sister was also in the youth system at Suresnes. Ronaldo...
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    Ségou (category Bamana)
    Ségou Empire (also known as the Bambara or Bamana Empire). Mungo Park became the first European known to have visited the village in 1796. The empire gradually...
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  • Ngolo Diarra (category Bamana Empire)
    Ngolo Diarra was faama of the Bambara Empire from 1766 to 1790. As a young man his village, Niola, gave Ngolo to the state as disongo annual tribute and...
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  • Empire (1100–1235) Bamana Empire (1712–1862) Kaarta Empire (1753–1854) Regional Fulani Empire of Sokoto (1804–1903) Fulani or Fulbe Empire of Macina of Seku...
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  • Faama (category Bamana)
    was later used by the Bamana Empire and the Wassoulou Empire of Samori Toure and non-Mandinka groups in the Kenedougou Empire. Both faama and mansa are word...
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    wealthy West African empires that controlled trans-Saharan trade: the Ghana Empire (for which Ghana is named), the Mali Empire (for which Mali is named)...
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  • before the 13th century The history of the eponymous Mali Empire and of the Songhai Empire during the 13th to 16th centuries The borders of Mali are those...
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    Legends of Africa (category Former empires in Africa)
    the same as the Arabic word for minting money. The Bamana Empire (also Bambara Empire or Ségou Empire) was a large pre-colonial West African state based...
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    Siege of Medina Fort March 10, 1861 — March 16, 1862 Conquest of the Bamana Empire March 10, 1861 Battle of Segou 1883 — 1886 Mandingo Wars 1916 — 2012...
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  • Mali Empire Songhai Empire Sunni dynasty Askiya dynasty Bamana Empire Kénédougou Kingdom Massina Empire Toucouleur Empire Wassoulou Empire Ghana Empire Isle...
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    Empire existed in areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya and Chad. It was known to the Arabian geographers as the Kanem Empire from...
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  • empires and kingdoms sprang out from the Senegambia region, including but not limited to the great Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire,...
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  • needed] Mali Empire (c. 1230–1672) Bamana Empire (1712–1861) Khasso (17th century–19th century) Sultanate of Agadez (1449–1900) Songhai Empire (c. 1340–1591)...
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  • Kofi Kadyo, Gyaamanhene (1790–1810) Kong Empire – Seku Wattara, leader (1710–1735) Liberia Mali Bamana Empire – Bitòn Coulibaly, Faama (1712–1755) Dinkoro...
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    Ghana Empire Pre-Imperial Mali Mali Empire Songhai Empire Bamana Empire Kénédougou Kingdom Kaarta Massina Empire Toucouleur Empire Wassoulou Empire French...
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    Anlo) (Ho, Ghana) Peki (List of rulers of Peki) Kpando Kong Empire (1710–1894 AD) Bamana Empire of Segu/Segou (1712–1861 AD) Gwiriko Kingdom (1714–1897/1915...
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  • Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806, and consequently "Emperor of Austria" became Francis' primary title. For this reason, "Austrian Empire" is often...
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