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Explain how the Mali empire fell.

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In 1324, Musa undertook a pilgrimage to Mecca during which he spent and gave away all of his gold. ... Following Mansa Musa's death around 1337, the empire fell victim to declining influence around Africa. Other trade centers developed, hurting the commercial wealth that had once so freely surrounded Mali.

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The Mali Empire collapsed in the 1460s CE following civil wars, the opening up of trade routes elsewhere, and the rise of the neighbouring Songhai Empire, but it did continue to control a small part of the western empire into the 17th century CE.

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