Empire of Mali
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Empire of Mali
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Africa• Geography – Not very mountainous.
Mostly plateaus and deserts.• Although Mt. Kilimanjaro can have snow
all year round.• Tropical Rainforests along the equator.• Sahara Desert in the North.• Cultural Geography – People often speak
of 2 Africas.• North Africa and Sub-Saharan (or Black)
Africa
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Sundjata
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Mali Empire
• Sundiata was a powerful warrior-king that built the Mali Empire.
• An empire is large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories.
• Under the leadership of Sundiata, Mali was able to control many smaller kingdoms.
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• These kingdoms would give slaves and money or supplies to Mali.
• Mali then kept a large army to keep all the kingdoms in line and protect all the trade routes.
• Mali controlled the gold trade and the salt trade.
• Mali made lots of money off taxes on the trade routes.
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Artists’ rendition of Mansa Musa
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Mansa Musa
• Mansa Musa was the most famous ruler of Mali.
• He was a great leader.
• He divided the empire into smaller parts each governed by a mayor.
• He is most famous for his hajj.
• The Hajj is the journey to Mecca that all Muslims are supposed to make.
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Mansa Musa’s Hajj
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• There were as many as 60,000 people, slaves, soldiers, etc. that accompanied Mansa Musa on his hajj.
• He is said to have brought thousands of pounds of gold with him.
• He gave away so much gold in Egypt, the price of gold dropped for years afterwards
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• The effect of Mansa Musa’s hajj was to make everyone aware of the Mali Empire.
• He leaves such an impression of power that Mali is put on world maps.
• Also, he brought back Muslim architects and scholars to Mali.
• They built great buildings and a university that people would travel to from all over the world.
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Mosque in Djenne, Mali
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