1. Do Now
Go to Page 414 Do the OPTIC Steps in your notebook

2. Empires in Western Africa
Mr. Wood
World History 101

3. Essential Question and Standards
How did the leaders, trade and technology affect life in Africa?
Explain how trade was a source of power and wealth in the rise and fall of the West African Kingdoms.

4. Objective Describe how Ghana began as an Empire
Explain the importance of the Gold-Salt Trade in Ghana

5. Before we go to West Africa- Let’s go back to Yale!

6. Readings Empire of Ghana- p. 413-5 Empire of Mali- p. 415-7
Empire of Songhai- p. 417

7. What to do today Today Tomorrow Empire of Ghana- p. 413-5
Cornell Notes-
Lecture on Ghana
Begin reading Empire of Mali- p

8. Ticket Out
How were gold and salt important to the Ghana empire?

9. Do Now
Describe what the Gold-Salt trade was and why it was important to The Empire of Ghana.

10. Objective Describe how Ghana began and fell as an Empire
Explain the importance of the Gold-Salt Trade in Ghana
Describe how Islam’s influence on the Empire of Ghana
Use and synthesize book and lecture notes into a body paragraph

11. What to do today Yesterday Empire of Ghana- p. 413-4 Cornell Notes-
Lecture on Empire of Ghana
Begin writing Paragraph- Empire of Ghana
- W/ Book + Lecture Notes

12. Read and write 2-3 thoughts that stick out to you about the text
"The King adorns himself … he puts on a high cap decorated with gold and wrapped in a turban of fine cotton. He holds an audience in a domed pavilion around which stand ten horses covered with gold- embroidered materials…and on his right, are the sons of the vassal kings of his country, wearing splendid garments and their hair plaited with gold. At the door of the pavilion are dogs of excellent pedigree. Round their necks they wear collars of gold and silver, studded with a number of balls of the same metals.”
10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History.

13. Empire of Ghana 5th Century Berber Muslims cross desert to trade-
Gold in West Africa
Empire of Ghana forms from trade
A.D
Also trade other goods
Capital- Kumbi Saleh

14. Islam Influence and the Fall of Ghana
Islam spreads with traders in Ghana
Capital of Kumbi Saleh Muslims + Native beliefs
Decline-
Lost trading monopoly – new Gold Mines
Drought
Almoravid take over??

15. Ticket out
How did of Ghana rise and fall?

16. Do Now
O P T I C

17. Objective Explain the rise and fall of Mali
Describe the role of the strong leaders Sundiata and Mansa Musa in Mali

18. Book Notes- Empire of Mali
Empire of Mali- p
Cornell Notes

19. What to do today Today Empire of Mali- p. 415-7
Tomorrow
Empire of Mali- p
Maybe?? Begin lecture on Mali
Lecture on Mali
Begin writing Mali paragraph

20. Ticket Out Who do you think was a better ruler Sundiata or Mansa Musa?
Why? Give 2-3 reasons

21. Do Now
How does Education help a society advance?

22. Objective Explain the rise and fall of Mali
Describe the role of the strong leaders Sundiata and Mansa Musa in Mali
Use and synthesize book and lecture notes into a body paragraph

23. What to do today Today Lecture on Mali Begin writing Mali paragraph
Tomorrow
Lecture on Mali
Begin writing Mali paragraph
Reading on Empire of Songhai, P. 417
Beginning of Lecture on Songhai

24. The Rise of the Empire of Mali + Timbuktu
Mail Rose after Ghana fell
Emperor Sundiata unites clans, Brings Islam
- Controls Gold + Salt Trade
Timbuktu becomes focal city for trade and education
-3 Universities- Book Writing + Producing
- Timbuktu- like Baghdad on the silk road city- “Gold road”

25. Mansa Musa Brings back strong central Government to Mali
Makes many stunning buildings- many mosques
- Brought Arab Scholars to Timbuktu
Made Pilgrimage to Mecca
- Gave much gold away

26. Decline and Fall of Mali
Declined in the 1400’s
Weak rulers who followed Mansa Musa
Raids by neighboring groups
By 1500 fell and Songhai Empire began
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27. Ticket Out
Give two details about:
Timbuktu
Mansa Musa

28. Do Now
O P T I C

29. Objective
How did the Songhai Empire rise and fall with leaders like Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammad
Use and synthesize book and lecture notes into a body paragraph

30. What to do today Yesterday Empire of Mali p. 415-7- work time
Lecture on Mali
Empire of Songhai- p. 417
- Due tomorrow
Lecture on the Songhai Empire

31. Sunni Ali and The Songhai Empire
Songhai were ruled by Mali
Pay taxes + kneeled to kings
Sunni Ali rises to power
Uses navy to control river, army to take the cities
- Conquers Timbuktu
- Creates dominant empire, but very violent

32. Peak of the Songhai and Their Fall
Askia Muhammad overthrows Sunni Ali’s son
Begins golden age of Songhai Empire
- Peace and stability – strong central government
After he dies, + falls

33. Ticket Out
Four correct answers and we can go!!