Gold-Salt Trade

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Go for Gold/Salt

Multiple Choice

After conquering China, what region did the Mongols attack next?

• Europe

• Africa

• India

• Persia

Multiple Choice

What important center of Learning did the Mongolians destroy?

• The Library of Alexandria

• The House of Wisdom in Baghdad

• The Pyramids

• Their Islamic Temple

Multiple Choice

At the time, what academic fields did the Islamic Caliphate focus on?

• Literature

• Math and Science

• History

• Economics

Multiple Choice

What did the Islamic world preserve of the Romans and Greeks?

• Ancient buildings

• Ancient artwork

• Knowledge and literature

• Laws

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After they escaped, who did the Ottomans train to protect them?

• Young Christian boys called Janissaries

• Turkish soldiers from the north

• Women were trained to be soldiers

• They relied on Mamluk mercenaries.

Where to next?

• After the Mongols had conquered most of Asia, they turned their attention to Europe

• However, Europe was very poor at this time and didn't offer much in wealth or tradeable goods

• Gold could be found somewhere else, AFRICA!

Gold

• For Decades, Northern African had mined Gold in the Atlas mountains.

• The exact location of these gold mines are still not known.

• This gold would be a welcome prize to the Mongolians, but there was also something even more valuable.

Salt

• Another NATURAL RESOURCE found and traded in Northern Africa was SALT.

• Salt was very important at this time because it was used to preserve food.

• The process of using salt to preserve food is known as CURING.

• The SALT would draw out the moisture of the food and slow its decay.

Go for the Gold/Salt

The exchange of gold and salt was instrumental in the growth of the Muslim Empire.

Timbuktu

• Timbuktu was the center of the Gold Salt Trade

• Gold Miners from the North met with Salt Traders of the East and South to exchange goods.

• This made Timbuktu very, very wealthy

Mansa Musa

• The Gold-Salt Trade brought huge amounts of wealth to the Kingdom of Mali

• Their King - Mansa Musa soon became one of the wealthiest individuals to ever live.

• He was also very generous and his work helped the spread of Islam.

Spread of the Islamic Faith

• Islam would soon spread throughout Africa

• Mansa Musa spread the Islamic faith and his wealth as he traveled across North Africa

• He built several mosques and funded many schools

How do we know?

• Much of what he accomplished was recorded by historians

• IBN Battuta was one of the most famous historians of his time

• He recorded everything he saw throughout the Islamic World.

Multiple Choice

How did trade impact the region of North Africa?

• Merchants spread the Islamic Faith

• The region became poor and exhausted their natural resources.

Multiple Choice

Trade across the Sahara Desert was mostly focused on what?

• Luxury Items

• Hand-Made Goods

• Natural Resources

• Books and knowledge

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What impact did Mansa Musa have?

• He took away money from others.

• He conquered different parts of Africa and Asia

• He spread Islamic learning and culture

• He founded his own religion.

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How do we know so much?

• Historians like Ibn Battuta made records.

• We discovered Mansa Musa's personal journals.

• We read ancient hieroglyphics.

• Children from his many schools were taught about him.

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