HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Between the Zambezi and Congo rivers
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Between the cities of Mogadishu and Mombasa
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Between the Niger and Senegal rivers
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Along the Nile river valley
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In the Atlas mountains of north Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -Where was the Empire of Mali located? The Empire of Mali was located in Western Africa. It grew up along the Niger River and eventually spread across 1, 200 miles from the city of Gao to the Atlantic Ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mali Empire was strategically located between the West African gold mines and the agriculturally rich Niger River floodplain. Mali’s rise begins when the political leaders of Ghana could not reestablish that empire’s former glory following its conquest and occupation by the Almoravids in 1076.
Detailed explanation-3: -Songhai empire, also spelled Songhay, great trading state of West Africa (flourished 15th–16th century), centred on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is now central Mali and eventually extending west to the Atlantic coast and east into Niger and Nigeria.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Niger River begins in the Futa Jalon highlands of Guinea where it takes a northerly route into Mali. As the river reaches farther north into the Sahara Desert, it joins with tributaries and fans out into a large network of lakes, streams, and marshes.