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    The document discusses the Mali Empire, founded by Sundiata and made wealthy and powerful under Mansa Musa. It details the empire's growth through trade and agriculture, the spread of Islam, and its cultural centers like Timbuktu and Djenne. However, weak leadership and invaders eventually led to the empire's dismantling in the 1500s.

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    The document discusses the Mali Empire, founded by Sundiata and made wealthy and powerful under Mansa Musa. It details the empire's growth through trade and agriculture, the spread of Islam, and its cultural centers like Timbuktu and Djenne. However, weak leadership and invaders eventually led to the empire's dismantling in the 1500s.

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    Empire of Mali

    Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Timbuktu


    Sundiata & Mansa Musa
    • Sundiata: of Mande ppl. Founder of Mali Empire-
    - Griots have been telling the Epic of Sundiata
    for over 900 years (mix of history & legend)
    - He took RG & political power from local
    leaders, mansa’s, and took the name with it
    • Mansa Musa: most famous ruler who brought
    wealth, fame, and power to the kingdom of
    Ghana
    - Grandson of one of Sundiata’s sisters
    (matrilineal tradition)
    Scene I: 2 pillars
    • Trade: Conquered nearby kingdoms
    (weakened Ghana, Timbuktu, Gao,Djenne)
    took over S & G trade, use of Niger
    • Agriculture: Improved and introduced new
    crops; cotton used for clothing & trade
    • Slaves from conquered areas worked the land,
    soldiers worked alongside them to clear farm
    land
    • Sundiata first est. this system and Mansa
    Musa continued its prosperity
    Salt slabs on the shores of the Niger
    river- outskirts of modern Timbuktu
    Scene II: Spread of Islam- The Hajj
    • Mansa Musa: 1st devout Muslim ruler in West Africa
    • Islam spread and several people from Mali made the Hajj
    to Mecca
    • Est. 60,000-80,000 people accompanied Mansa on his
    journey to Mecca/Medina in 1324
    • PICTURE THIS!!!
    - 12,000 servants to king
    - 500 servants to his wife
    - 14,000 slaves wearing silk
    - 500 carrying staffs
    Celebration of Eid ul-Fitr on the last day of
    Ramadan
    Dogon Country-modern day Mali
    Scene III: Outside Views of Mali
    • As recently as 1963, a famous British historian Hugh
    Trevor-Roper said: "Perhaps in the future, there will be
    some African history to teach. But at present there is
    none. There is only the history of Europeans in Africa. The
    rest is darkness.“
    • Do you agree with this?
    • Mansa Musa’s elaborate journey sparked interest in Mali
    and many people from Asia, Egypt, and other parts of
    Africa visited=more trade= more wealth for empire
    • By 1375 Mali appeared on a European map of West
    Africa
    • Map from 1375
    shows King Mansa
    Musa enthroned in
    the kingdom of
    Mali.
    Scene IV: Mosques & Universities
    • Sent scholars o study in Morocco and set
    up school in Mali studying the Qur’an
    • Wanted Muslims to read/write in Arabic
    • Arabic as main language in RG study,
    government, & trade
    • Hired architects from other Muslim
    countries to build mosques throughout his
    empire : Timbuktu & Djenne
    Market Day in Djenne

    Founded in 300 CE by Bozo ppl.


    -Never part of Mali Empire, yet
    rivaled Timbuktu as a center for
    Trans-Saharan trade
    Mosques in
    Djenne
    Scene V: African Explorers?
    • Some historians suggest that West
    Africans traveled to South/Central America
    and the Caribbean Islands prior to
    Columbus.
    Timbuktu: The Legendary city of
    Gold…..
    • Tuareg nomads from • Important center
    Sahara first est. for trade: salt, gold,
    Timbuktu in 11th cloth, sugar, kola
    century. nuts, glass beads,
    • Once conquered by and shells, slaves,
    Mali became an books…
    important location as • Several mosques
    a link between N. were built by Mansa
    and W. Africa. Musa & later
    rulers=center of
    Islamic learning
    Mosques in Timbuktu

    Sankore Mosque- former


    University & center of
    learning. Built in 989 C.E.

    •Timbuktu Manuscripts
    Iron welders
    make tools and
    knives for sale
    in the market
    Tuareg Nomads

    The first settlers of Mali are


    still there today….
    • A monument to the
    war that ended in
    1994
    between the
    Tuareg nomads
    and the Muslims
    within Mali.
    Without a
    home….
    Fall of Empire
    1. Weak leadership: Maghan took over after
    Mansa Musa’s death, could not stop raiders
    who set fire to Timbuktu’s great schools &
    mosques
    2. Mali grew too large for gov’t to control, parts
    began to break away and declare
    independence
    3. Invaders: Tuareg nomads seized Timbuktu in
    1431
    4. By 1500’s Mali empire was dismantled

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