Twelve Doors of Mali
| History of Mali |
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| Ghana Empire (c. 700 – c. 1200) |
| Gao Empire (9th century–1430) |
| Mali Empire (c. 1235–1670) |
| Songhai Empire (1464–1591) |
| Post-Imperial, 1591–1892 |
| French colonization |
| After Independence |
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The Twelve Doors of Mali were the possessions of the Mansa (emperor) of the medieval Mali Empire which was established in c. 1235 following The Battle of Kirina. These lands were either allied to or conquered by Sundiata Keita (the first Emperor of Imperial Mali) on his campaign to free the Mandinka heartland from the Sosso kingdom of Kaniaga.