13th century – 15th century
Upper Senegal, Middle Niger, and southern Mali
The Malinke migration described in the map notes contributed to the southward extension of Mali’s frontiers between approximately 1300 and 1500. The movement intensified after Mali’s disintegration, while the map distinguishes the southern habitat of the Malinke from the Sahelian zone. The supplied pages present this as a factor in changing political boundaries rather than as a single dated episode.
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The map notes associate the southward expansion of Mali’s frontiers with the migration of the Malinke. Around 1500, Mali’s southern limits extended beyond the frontiers represented for approximately 1300, indicating a substantial change in the political geography of the western Sudan. The movement is presented as a long-term process rather than a single military conquest or isolated episode.
The same notes place this movement within a geographical distinction between the Sahel and the southern habitat of the Malinke. They identify the northern frontier of Mali around 1500, between the Upper Senegal River and the Middle Niger, as approximating the southern frontiers of Ghana around 1050 and Songhay around 1500. This comparison emphasizes the shifting relationship between ecological zones, population movement, and state boundaries.
The southward migration intensified after the disintegration of Mali. That qualification is important because it separates the earlier expansion of Mali’s southern frontier from the later demographic and political movements that followed the empire’s collapse. The supplied pages do not specify the exact routes, leaders, or dates of individual migrations.
13th century – 15th century
Upper Senegal, Middle Niger, and southern Mali
The Malinke migration described in the map notes contributed to the southward extension of Mali’s frontiers between approximately 1300 and 1500. The movement intensified after Mali’s disintegration, while the map distinguishes the southern habitat of the Malinke from the Sahelian zone. The supplied pages present this as a factor in changing political boundaries rather than as a single dated episode.
Continue exploring
The Story
The map notes associate the southward expansion of Mali’s frontiers with the migration of the Malinke. Around 1500, Mali’s southern limits extended beyond the frontiers represented for approximately 1300, indicating a substantial change in the political geography of the western Sudan. The movement is presented as a long-term process rather than a single military conquest or isolated episode.
The same notes place this movement within a geographical distinction between the Sahel and the southern habitat of the Malinke. They identify the northern frontier of Mali around 1500, between the Upper Senegal River and the Middle Niger, as approximating the southern frontiers of Ghana around 1050 and Songhay around 1500. This comparison emphasizes the shifting relationship between ecological zones, population movement, and state boundaries.
The southward migration intensified after the disintegration of Mali. That qualification is important because it separates the earlier expansion of Mali’s southern frontier from the later demographic and political movements that followed the empire’s collapse. The supplied pages do not specify the exact routes, leaders, or dates of individual migrations.