Talk:Military history of the Mali Empire

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Did you know... that 14th-century explorer Ibn Battuta visited the Mali Empire during the reign of Mansa Suleyman?

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Wow, this is a lot of work for one person to have done. Congrats.

I notice it's in the Medieval history category. However, I don't think that the Mali empire had *any* medieval period just like the Chinese empire didn't have a medieval period. The Yuan empire in China was not medieval, it was Chinese. The "medieval" concept describes European conditions. Other places have had different histories divided into different periods.

Kitplane01 (talk) 05:06, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Yo this article is WAY beyond start class. I highly recommend a re-eval. This is at least B class and possibly GA.Scott Free (talk) 18:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No infobox and only one relevant picture means its Start class as far as WP:Military History is concerned.--Bedford ^Pray 11:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Understood and agreedScott Free (talk) 16:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think now the article werw already progressing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.192.143.74 (talk) 21:40, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The page is well-referenced. There is good structure. No grammatical errors that I can see. It offers a lot of info. Weaknesses include a lack of visual images/supporting materials. This will have to be fixed to move up to GA status.

Last edited at 19:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 00:05, 30 April 2016 (UTC)