Medieval West Africa and Islam Vocab

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Importance of Mansa Musa's trip?

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Mansa Musa's trip to Mecca showed that African kings were rich beyond belief.

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Mansa Musa built a university in Timbuktu to attract scholars to Mali.

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Attract scholars to Mali.

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Natural resources of the Mali Empire?

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Gold and Salt

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Sunni Ali's empire?

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Songhai

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African empire known as the "land of gold"

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Ghana

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Sundiata Keita founded this empire:

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Mali

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The Epic of the Lion King is based on the life of:

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Sundiata (first ruler of Mali)

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Ibn Battuta was an explorer from _____________.

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Tangier, Morocco.

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Battuta's book discusses:

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the history of his journeys.

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Desert in North Africa crossed by traders of salt and gold.

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Sahara