Kaarta
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Kaarta, (Also known as '''Ka'arta or the Massassi State''') was a Bambara kingdom that arose after the fall of the Songhai Empire in what is today the western half of Mali and lasted until its destruction by Umar Tall in the 1850s.
Key facts
- Country.p1
- Songhai Empire
- Country.native_name
- Kaarta
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Kaarta
- Country.event_start
- Massa founds the kingdom
- Country.year_start
- c.1650
- Country.event1
- Re-established
- Country.date_event1
- 1754
- Country.event2
- Conquest by the Toucouleur Empire
- Country.date_event2
- 1854
- Country.event_end
- Conquered by France
- Country.year_end
- 1890
- Country.event_post
- Annexed by France
- Country.date_post
- 1904
- Country.s1
- Toucouleur Empire
- Country.image_map
- The westafrican Kingdom of Kaarta.jpg
- Country.image_map_caption
- The Kingdom of Kaarta on a map, published 1825
- Country.capital
- Diangounté, Nioros.
- Country.common_languages
- Bambara
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- The westafrican Kingdom of Kaarta.jpg
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1854-01-01
- inception
- 1753-01-01
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Re-Founding
- Fall to the Toucouleur
- French Conquest
- Government
- Economy
- References
- Sources
Kaarta, (Also known as '''Ka'arta or the Massassi State''') was a Bambara kingdom that arose after the fall of the Songhai Empire in what is today the western half of Mali and lasted until its destruction by Umar Tall in the 1850s.
==History== ===Early history=== According to legend, Sounsan, the first capital of Kaarta was founded near Mourdiah around 1635 by Sunsana, son of Niangolo. His son Massa was famously productive both on the farm and in the bedroom, expanding his power and holdings by marrying his many daughters to men who would come fight for him and raiding his neighbors. In 1710 rule passed to his son Benefali (r. 1710-1745), who fought a long war against the rising power of Bitòn Coulibaly and the Segou Empire. Benefali's son Foulakoro (r. 1745-1754) besieged Mourdiah, whose inhabitants begged for aid from Coulibaly. He came to Kaarta with an army, defeated Foulakoro, and captured him. The faama of Kaarta soon died in captivity.