Mali Empire
c. 1235–c. 1610
West African empire famous for its gold and for the scholars of Timbuktu.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- c. 1235–c. 1610
- Place
- West Africa
Who was alive during Mali Empire
- Yunus Emre c. 1238–c. 1320, poet
- Marco Polo 1254–1324, explorer
- Giotto c. 1267–1337, painter
- Petrarch 1304–1374, poet
- Hafez c. 1315–c. 1390, poet
- Hongwu Emperor 1328–1398, emperor
- Ibn Khaldun 1332–1406, historian
- Donatello c. 1386–1466, sculptor
- Cosimo de' Medici 1389–1464, banker
- Gendün Drubpa 1391–1474, Buddhist leader
- Tomás de Torquemada 1420–1498, inquisitor
- Donato Bramante 1444–1514, architect
- Piri Reis c. 1465–1553, admiral and cartographer
- Erasmus 1466–1536, humanist
- Guru Nanak 1469–1539, religious leader
- Nicolaus Copernicus 1473–1543, astronomer
- Michelangelo 1475–1564, artist
- Titian c. 1488–1576, painter
- Sinan c. 1490–1588, architect
- Suleiman the Magnificent 1494–1566, sultan
- Andrea Palladio 1508–1580, architect
- Tintoretto 1518–1594, painter
- Grace O'Malley c. 1530–c. 1603, pirate
- Elizabeth I 1533–1603, queen