1. Quaestio: How did the Gold and Salt trade influence the development of West African kingdoms?
Nunc Agenda: Turn desks into groups of 4, review the 6 questions from “People on the Move” and discuss the answers you chose and why…

3. “Which is more valuable,
Think • Pair • Share
“Which is more valuable,
gold or salt?”
Think about the question, briefly discuss your thoughts with your partner, and share with the class.

4. Trade in the Sahara

5. What is a surplus?

6. Surplus of Crops!

7. Surplus of Crops!

8. TRADE!

9. As you know it

10. TRADE!
As they knew it

11. TRADE!
As you know it

12. TRADE!
As they knew it

13. Rivers in the South

14. Rivers in the South

15. Desert in the North

16. Desert in the North

17. Desert in the North

18. Salt is important in the human diet

19. Three West African Gold-Salt Kingdoms
Ghana
Mali
Songhai

21. TRADE!

22. Ghana- First Kingdom

23. TRADE!

26. TRADE!

27. Sundiata- Founder of Mali

28. Mansa Musa-
King of Mali
Richest Man
In History

29. Richest People in History
1. Mansa Musa I, (Ruler of Malian Empire, ) $400 billion
2. Rothschild family (banking dynasty, ) $350 billion
3. John D. Rockefeller (industrialist, ) $340 billion
4. Andrew Carnegie (industrialist, ) $310 billion
5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (last Emperor of Russia, ) $300 billion
6. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (last ruler of Hyderabad, ) $236 billion
7. William the Conqueror (King of England, ) $229.5 billion
8. Moammar Khadafy (former Libyan leader, ) $200 billion
9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company founder, ) $199 billion
10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, ) $185 billion
11. Alan Rufus (Fighting companion of William the Conqueror, ) $178.65
12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, ) $136 billion
13. William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (Norman nobleman, ??-1088) $ billion
14. John Jacob Astor (businessman, ) $121 billion
15. Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel (English nobleman, ) £118.6 billion
16. John of Gaunt (son of Edward III, ) £110 billion
17. Stephen Girard (shipping and banking mogul, ) $105 billion
18. Alexander Turney Stewart (entrepreneur, ) $90 billion
19. Henry, 1st Duke of Lancaster (English noble, ) $85.1 billion
20. Friedrich Weyerhaeuser (timber mogul, ) $80 billion
21. Jay Gould (railroad tycoon, ) $71 billion
22. Carlos Slim (business magnate, ) $68 billion (TIE)
Read more: mansa-musa-named-richest-history-article #ixzz2pcZ7h3VT

30. Richest People in History
6. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (last ruler of Hyderabad, ) $236 billion
7. William the Conqueror (King of England, ) $229.5 billion
8. Moammar Khadafy (former Libyan leader, ) $200 billion
9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company founder, ) $199 billion
10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, ) $185 billion
11. Alan Rufus (Fighting companion of William the Conqueror, ) $178.65
12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, ) $136 billion
13. William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (Norman nobleman, ??-1088) $ billion
14. John Jacob Astor (businessman, ) $121 billion
15. Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel (English nobleman, ) £118.6 billion
16. John of Gaunt (son of Edward III, ) £110 billion
17. Stephen Girard (shipping and banking mogul, ) $105 billion
18. Alexander Turney Stewart (entrepreneur, ) $90 billion
19. Henry, 1st Duke of Lancaster (English noble, ) $85.1 billion
20. Friedrich Weyerhaeuser (timber mogul, ) $80 billion
21. Jay Gould (railroad tycoon, ) $71 billion
22. Carlos Slim (business magnate, ) $68 billion (TIE)
Read more: mansa-musa-named-richest-history-article #ixzz2pcZ7h3VT

31. Richest People in History
11. Alan Rufus (Fighting companion of William the Conqueror, ) $178.65
12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, ) $136 billion …
22. Carlos Slim (business magnate, ) $68 billion

32. Mansa Musa
Went on Hajj to Mecca

33. Sundiata

34. Timbuktu- Capital of Mali, center of trade and learning

36. TRADE!

37. Rulers of Songhai
Askia Muhammad
Sonni Ali

38. Discussion Groups
Using your homework “Mali: Land of Kings” and a new article, discuss one of the following questions…
Group A: Do you think African explorers from Mali arrived in the Americas before Columbus?
Group B: Did wealth and power have a positive or negative impact on Mansa Musa?

39. Societies in Medieval Africa
Pensa
Societies in Medieval Africa