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The Sosso Empire was a twelfth-century Takrur
Takrur

Takrur, Tekrur, or Tekrour was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.Origin...
 kingdom of West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
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modern Sosso people trace their history to a twelfth and thirteenth-century Takrur
Takrur

Takrur, Tekrur, or Tekrour was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.Origin...
 kingdom known as the "Sosso." With the fall of the Ghana Empire
Ghana Empire

The Ghana Empire or Wagadou Empire was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, and Western Mali.This is believed to be first of many empires that would rise in that part of Africa....
, the Sosso expanded into a number of its former holdings, including its capital of Koumbi Saleh
Koumbi Saleh

Koumbi Saleh, sometimes Kumbi Saleh is a large settlement mound or tell in south east Mauritania that has been putatively identified as the site of the capital of the Ghana Empire....
. Under King Soumaoro Kanté
Soumaoro Kanté

Soumaoro Kant? was a thirtenth century king of the Sosso people of the Takrur region. Seizing Koumbi Saleh, the capital of the recently-defunct Ghana Empire, Soumaoro Kant? proceeded to conquer several neighboring states, including the Mandinka people in what is now Mali....
, the Sosso briefly conquered the Mandinka
Mandinka people

The Mandinka are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa with an estimated population of eleven million. They are the descendants of the Empire of Mali, which rose to power under the rule of the great Mandinka king Sundiata Keita....
 kingdoms of what is now Mali
Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
. These gains were lost at the Battle of Kirina
Battle of Kirina

The Battle of Kirina, also known as the Battle of Krina , was a confrontation between the Sosso king Sumanguru Kant? and the Mandinka people prince Sundiata Keita....
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The Sosso Empire was a twelfth-century Takrur
Takrur

Takrur, Tekrur, or Tekrour was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.Origin...
 kingdom of West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
.

Medieval Sosso

The modern Sosso people trace their history to a twelfth and thirteenth-century Takrur
Takrur

Takrur, Tekrur, or Tekrour was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.Origin...
 kingdom known as the "Sosso." With the fall of the Ghana Empire
Ghana Empire

The Ghana Empire or Wagadou Empire was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, and Western Mali.This is believed to be first of many empires that would rise in that part of Africa....
, the Sosso expanded into a number of its former holdings, including its capital of Koumbi Saleh
Koumbi Saleh

Koumbi Saleh, sometimes Kumbi Saleh is a large settlement mound or tell in south east Mauritania that has been putatively identified as the site of the capital of the Ghana Empire....
. Under King Soumaoro Kanté
Soumaoro Kanté

Soumaoro Kant? was a thirtenth century king of the Sosso people of the Takrur region. Seizing Koumbi Saleh, the capital of the recently-defunct Ghana Empire, Soumaoro Kant? proceeded to conquer several neighboring states, including the Mandinka people in what is now Mali....
, the Sosso briefly conquered the Mandinka
Mandinka people

The Mandinka are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa with an estimated population of eleven million. They are the descendants of the Empire of Mali, which rose to power under the rule of the great Mandinka king Sundiata Keita....
 kingdoms of what is now Mali
Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
. These gains were lost at the Battle of Kirina
Battle of Kirina

The Battle of Kirina, also known as the Battle of Krina , was a confrontation between the Sosso king Sumanguru Kant? and the Mandinka people prince Sundiata Keita....
 (c. 1240) when Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita
Sundiata Keita

Sundiata Keita or Sundjata Keyita or Mari Djata I or just Sundiata. was the founder of the Mali Empire and celebrated as a hero of the Malinke people people of West Africa in the semi-historical Epic of Sundiata....
 led a coalition of smaller states to soundly defeat the Sosso, thus beginning the Mali Empire
Mali Empire

The Mali Empire or Manding Empire or Manden Kurufa was a West African civilization of the Mandinka people from c. 1230 to c. 1600. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Mansa Musa....
. Sundiata marched on to the city of Sosso itself and destroyed it, marking the kingdom's end.