Significant1240 – 1250 · 10 years
Mali Conquest of Bamako
Bamako · Mali · Niger River
Mali's conquest of Bamako secured control of Niger River valley trade routes.
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
What happened
Bamako, strategically located on the Niger River, fell to Mali military campaigns. The conquest secured Mali control of critical river trade routes. Bamako's integration into Mali strengthened Mali's commercial dominance.
Why it mattered
Bamako's conquest completed Mali's Niger valley control and secured trade route dominance.
Belligerents1
- Mali Empire
ON THE MAPMali Empire
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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