Macina Empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Massina_Empire
gptkb:Diina_of_Maasina
gptkbp:area Approximately 70,000 square miles
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Hamdalaye
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:El_Hadj_Umar_Tall
gptkbp:currency Cowrie shells
gptkbp:dissolved 1862
gptkbp:economy Agriculture
Trade
Cattle herding
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Fula
gptkbp:flag Green with Islamic inscriptions
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Seku_Amadu
gptkbp:foundedIn 1818
gptkbp:governmentType Theocratic monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Macina Empire
gptkbp:language gptkb:Fula
gptkbp:location gptkb:Present-day_Mali
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Mopti
Djenné
Timbuktu
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Bambara_Empire
gptkb:Toucouleur_Empire
gptkb:Sokoto_Caliphate
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Hamdalaye
gptkb:Siege_of_Djenné
Conquest by Toucouleur Empire
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Djenné_Mosque
gptkb:Hamdalaye_Mosque
gptkbp:notableEvent Jihad led by Seku Amadu
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Islamic_courts
Islamic scholarship
Promotion of education
Resistance to colonialism
Fula leadership
Strict Islamic law
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Amadu_II
gptkb:Amadu_III
gptkb:Seku_Amadu
gptkbp:population Approximately 1 million (at its height)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Bambara_Empire
gptkbp:region gptkb:Inner_Niger_Delta
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Toucouleur_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Peul
gptkb:Massina_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6