Sosso Empire

State · 1202–1235 CE · at its largest around 1202 CE

West African kingdom of the Sosso people under Sumanguru Kante, which dominated the region after Ghana's decline until defeated by Sundiata Keita of Mali.

On its lands while it lasted

• Djenné-Djenno (c. 250 BCE – c. 1400 CE): One of the oldest known towns in sub-Saharan Africa, in the inland Niger delta of Mali; occupied from about the 3rd century BCE and abandoned by around 1400.

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