Kaarta
Kingdom of Kaarta Kaarta | |||||||||
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| c.1650–1890 | |||||||||
The Kingdom of Kaarta on a map, published 1825 | |||||||||
| Capital | Diangounté, Nioros. | ||||||||
| Common languages | Bambara | ||||||||
| Religion | traditional African religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Faama | |||||||||
• 1650-1710 | Massa | ||||||||
• 1754-58 | Sey Bamana Coulibaly | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Massa founds the kingdom | c.1650 | ||||||||
• Re-established | 1754 | ||||||||
• Conquest by the Toucouleur Empire | 1854 | ||||||||
• Conquered by France | 1890 | ||||||||
• Annexed by France | 1904 | ||||||||
| Currency | cowries, mithqal | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Mali | ||||||||
Kaarta, (Also known as Ka'arta or the Massassi State) was a Bambara kingdom that arose after the fall of the Songhai Empire in what is today the western half of Mali and lasted until its destruction by Umar Tall in the 1850s.