West+Africa

[|West African Kingdoms.] The Story of Africa from //BBC World Service//. [|The Empires of the Western Sudan.] from //The Metropolitan Museum of Art.// [|Mali: Ancient Crossroads of Africa.] Navigate this site using the red bar at the top. History, Geography, Culture, links to other resources. [|African Empires to 1500 CE.] Trade and travel.

Primary Resources: [|Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu] from //The Library of Congress//

http://mali.pwnet.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section4.shtml http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mali/hd_mali.htm
 * Overview with break outs on Geography etc.**

Military expertise of the Songhay http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAFRCA/SONGHAY.HTM

Overview of the History http://www.vmfa.museum/mali_geo_hist.html http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/resources/mali/index.htm great timeline

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