The decline set in when other competing trade routes opened up further east and when the climate became unusually dry for a prolonged period, which affected agricultural production.
the empire was beset by a string of civil wars
he opening up of trade routes elsewhere
the rise of the Sosso Kingdom
The period when the empire was at its height is considered to be between the 9th and 11th century CE
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