Confederation · approximate1050 – 1896 · 846 years

Mossi Kingdom of Wagadougou

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The Mossi Kingdoms were a group of kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso that dominated the region of the upper Volta river for hundreds of years. The largest Mossi kingdom was that of Ouagadougou. The king of Ouagadougou, known as the Mogho Naaba, or King of All the World, served as the Emperor of all the Mossi.

Wikipedia: Mossi Kingdoms·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Confederation

A confederation of independent groups; member territories shifted and overlapped, so the perimeter is approximate.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps:1900:mossi states
SNAPSHOT1880
MATCHEDmossi states
POLITY TYPEconfederation

Upgraded from aourednik/historical-basemaps (was: historical-basemaps)

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

Mongol Conquests1206–1368
World-changing · 40M dead
Taiping Rebellion1850–64
World-changing · 30M dead
Mongol Conquest of China1205–79
World-changing · 20M dead
Mongol Conquest of Song Dynasty1205–79
World-changing · 15M dead
Thirty Years' War1618–48
World-changing · 8.0M dead
Timurid Invasions1368–1405
World-changing · 5.0M dead

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1050 and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Mossi Kingdom of Wagadougou (1050 – 1896). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-mossi-wagadougou · Sources & methodology