West Africa 500 BCE - 2,000 CE

500 - 0

0 - 500

500 - 1000

1000 - 1500

1500 - 2000

1a 3000 - 500 BCE

W As	C As	S As	E As	SE As
Ocea	N Am	C Am	Car	S Am

Ghana Empire

Mali Empire

Liberia	Sierra Leone	Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	Gambia	Senegal	Mauritania	Cape Verde
Nigeria	Niger	Benin	Togo	Ghana	Burkina Faso	Cote d'Ivoire	Mali

900 - 1240 Ghana Empire

1300s - 1600s Mali Empire