Mali was losing money and the king would most likely take the remaining money from their people so when the concerned people were presented with the chance they took it and fled.
Sundiata conquered and united several smaller kingdoms to form Mali.
The French arrived in Mali at the end of the 19th century and conquered it in 1904.
The Mali area was conquered by France in 1883. It gained independence in 1960.
People from the southern rain forests raided Mali's southern boarder
Mali began a slow decline in 1337 after their last strong king, Mansa Musa, died. The Berbers conquered Timbuktu, but in 1468 Sunni Ali, the leader of Songhai, drove the Berbers out of Timbuktu.
Dogon (DOH-Gahn) are the people of mali.
Ansar ad-Dine, the Islamist Paramilitary Group that conquered northeast Mali, planned to institute an incredibly barbaric form of Islamic Law. They beheaded people and cut people's limbs off. They also destroyed historical buildings in Timbuktu and Goa that they believed were heretical (even though they were built by Muslims).
11,340,000 people live in mali today...
People who live in Mali are called 'Malians.'
Eighty percent of the people in Mali are farming. The rest often do handicrafts such as wood carving, pottery, baskets and textiles.
The Dogon people live in Mali, a country in Africa.
What do people eat in Mali?