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Gao: History, Former Names & Timeline

Ancient city on the middle Niger and capital of the Songhai Empire.

Map showing Gao in 1500Gao
Border map for 1500. See the world in 1500.

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Former names of Gao

FromNameNote
AD 700Gao

Timeline of Gao

YearEvent
1464Sonni Ali comes to power and Songhai rises
1591Occupied by Morocco after the Battle of Tondibi

Who ruled Gao

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–101 BCSaharan pastoral nomads
100 BC–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Saharan Nomadic Tribes
800–899Unclaimed / no data
900–999Tuaregs
1000–1199Unclaimed / no data
1200–1299Berber Tribes
1300–1491Mali
1492–1649Songhai
1650–1782Morocco
1783–1913Unclaimed / no data
1914–1944French West Africa
1945–todayMali

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