This empire was founded at the Battle of Kirina with Sumanguru's defeat by Sundiata, and its most famous ruler's hajj was so lavish that it depressed the price of (*) gold in Cairo for years.
This empire's Djan-Tan-Nor-Woro was the military arm of its ruling Gbara, and this nation's leader Abubakari was lost at sea. This empire was founded at the Battle of Kirina with Sumanguru's defeat by Sundiata, and its most famous ruler's hajj was so lavish that it depressed the price of (*) gold in Cairo for years. This empire built the Sankore University to house its many scholars in Timbuktu, and was famously ruled by Mansa Musa. For ten points, name this West African trading empire, the namesake of a modern nation with capital at Bamako.
This empire's Djan-Tan-Nor-Woro was the military arm of its ruling Gbara, and this nation's leader Abubakari was lost at sea.
{Mali} Empire (also accept {Mandingo} Empire or {Manden Kurufa})