Mali/Songhay and other West African Kingdoms

**beauchamp** · 03-30-2006, 00:48

Well, heer goes, my newest historical obsession.
Recently I was looking in the library and came upon this:

These cavaliers of the Bornu tribe were renoqned for their skill in battle, and used as literally knights for the Mali and Songhay empires. The two present were one of the largest and wealthiest nations on the planet during their time. They flourished under the trans saharan trade in which salt and other goods from the north were traded for gold in the great trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao. Three great Islamic (except for Ghana) empires arose from this trade route that had been present since the dawn of Rome: Ghana, Mali and Songhay. Since this mod goes from 1450-1700, I propose that we do the Mali, Songhay and Kanem-Bornu kingdoms, and feature many trading cities such as Benin for Europeans to try their luck at

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Anyways: Here are some maps of the three empires.
Mali and empire founded in the 1300's and then replaced by the songhai in the 1500's:

songhay (replaces Mali and eventually falls to a Morroccan rule in the 1600's:

Kanem-Bornu (Working on the map

sorry)

Here are some more units:

Ill post more

**beauchamp** · 03-30-2006, 01:00

Alot of these pictures are from different time periods, but still all awsome. If theirs anything else needed, don't hesitate to ask. I can get a list of kings and cities etc. Right now though, my comp is completely broken so im lookin to buy somethin new.

**YanTraken** · 03-30-2006, 07:48

hmm,nice work!You have increased my knowledge about African warfare:)
But please,next time use smaller! images.
Does this empire will be included into P&MTW2 mod??

**beauchamp** · 03-30-2006, 22:26

Sorry about the pictures Yan. I certainly hope theyll be included, but as for now, most of the knowledge about MT2 is all rumors.

**beauchamp** · 04-17-2006, 03:05

Heers another unit idea for both PMTW mods:
The Tuareg
These desert nomads were famed for their swordsmanship and their skill as camel riders. Since the beggining of time, they have been crossing the sahara on dromedaries, sharpening their swordswork and trading with the west african kingdoms. When the turks invaded Tunis and Algeria, they were met by only a handful of tuaregs and were utterly crushed, so they never even went CLOSE to the sahara cause they know they wouldve had their assess kicked. They were then on used as merciaries by the later Mamluks and the african empires...

Here is the Takouba or tuareg sword, handcrafted in the middle of the Aghar mountains, they are without equal.

Those are the only pics I can find for now....
Comments are welcomed!

Also, check out this Tuareg band im into from Mali! (Im seein em in Minneapolis this Saturday)
http://tinariwen.artistes.universalmusic.fr/