Jolof Empire
Jolof Empire امبراطورية جولوف | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| c. 1360–1549 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Map of the Jolof Empire's borders, including tributary states and territories of influence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Warxox | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Wolof, Serer, Pulaar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Traditional African religion (Serer religion), Islam (towards the end of Kingdom of Jolof) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emperor (Buur-ba Jolof) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1360 | Ndiadiane Ndiaye | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1543–1549 | Leele Fuli Fak | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | c. 1360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1549 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | iron, cloth | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| History of Senegal |
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The Jolof Empire (Arabic: امبراطورية جولوف), also known as Great Jolof or the Wolof Empire, was a Wolof state in modern-day Senegal, that ruled portions of Mauritania and Gambia from the mid-14th century (or possibly earlier) until 1549. Following the battle of Danki, its vassal states were fully or de facto independent; in this period it is known as the Jolof Kingdom.