Sosso Empire
Sosso Empire | |||||||||
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| c. 1200–c. 1235 | |||||||||
Map of West Africa after the fall of Ghana to the Sosso | |||||||||
| Capital | Sosso | ||||||||
| Common languages | Soninke | ||||||||
| Religion | African traditional religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• c. 1200-1235 | Soumaoro Kante | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Capture of Wagadu | c. 1200 | ||||||||
| c. 1235 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Mali | ||||||||
The Sosso Empire, also written as Soso or Susu, or alternatively Kaniaga, was kingdom of West Africa that originated as a vassal of the Ghana Empire before breaking away and conquering their former overlords. Inhabited by the Soninke ancestors of the modern-day Sosso people, it was centered in the region south of Wagadou and north of Beledougou. The empire peaked under the reign of Soumaoro Kante, who was defeated by the rising Mali Empire of Sundiata Keita.