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Answers for Notes for Quiz 16 (Ch. 5, Lesson 3)
A. Beginnings of Mali
B. Mansa Musa
1. Malinke – people who
started Mali
1. Islam/ a Muslim
2. famous for his pilgrimage
to Mecca
2. Sundiata – great Mali chief
3. Caravan came to Egypt during
pilgrimage:
a. Islam/ a Muslim
a. 500 slaves covered in
silk; each carrying a gold
staff
b. created a strong army
c. captured Ghana’s
capital
b. 300 lbs of gold that he
gave to people
d. restarted gold/salt
trade
4. Returned to Mali from
pilgrimage with:
e. made Mali’s area
larger than Ghana
a. Muslim architect
1) built a mosque in Timbuktu
f. Timbuktu became
trade center
b. Muslim scholars
1) taught Islam at Timbuktu
g. accepted both Islam
and traditional beliefs
c. continued to enlarge Mali.
h. hero/popular
5. economic consequences
after pilgrimage:
i. Kept empire strong with
food crops, cotton,
weaving
a. Trade increased.
b. More traders came to Mali.
j. took on title
“Mansa”
c. European Renaissance work
paid for with help of Mali gold
1) King