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A Muslim state in NW Africa during the
7th-15th centuries. Thriving on its trade in
gold, it reached its peak in the 14th century
under Mansa Musa (reigned 1312-37), when it
occupied an area covering present-day
Senegal, Gambia, Mali, and S Mauritania.
Mali's territory was similar to (though
larger than) that of the Ghana Empire, and
gave way in turn to the Songhai Empire.