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earliest communities in west africa 4000 BCE the Nok were making iron tools 500 BCE Ghana rises 500 Ghana falls 1200 Muslims invade the empire of Ghana 7th century Ibn Battuta comes to West Africa 1352 Almoravids capture Kumbi 1076 Ghana's king regains power 1087 Mali rises 1240 Mansa Musa takes over Mali 1312 Sunni Ali becomes the ruler of the Songhai 1460 Muslims in the Songhai rebel 1490