Black Africa: King Sumaoro Kante of Sosso holds paramountry over the Mandinkas living along the upper flow of the Niger River. North Africa, East Africa: Bedouin Arab tribes overrun most of Nubia, trying to flee the oppressive Mamluk rule in Aswan. Nubia is gradually Islamicized, as Christianity begins to fade away. Middle East: The Myriamite faith spreads in Syria, Lebanon and eastern Anatolia, vainly persecuted by both Christians and Muslims. Central-Eastern Europe: A Mongol army defeats the Volga Bulgarians on the Ural river, conquering the southern part of the local Bulgarian state.