African Empires

During the Mali Empire, Mansa meant.....

What was the set of social and political "rules" that required liberty, dignity, and equality of all citizens in the Mali Empire?

• The Mande Charter

• Sundiata Keita

• Qu'ran

• Madrasas

Most aspects of Mali culture were passed down as an history that is not clearly written down.

In Timbuktu they build Madrasas or schools to write and communicate through trade.

Where did Mansa Musa go on his Hajj or Pilgrimage?

• Jerusalem

• Medina

• Mecca

• China

Mansa Musa preserved Islamic culture by bringing

and other Islamic poets back to Timbuktu.

preserved books, in Arabic, from those ancient universities that include topics such as science , the life of Muhammad, the Qu’ran, and criticisms of .

One of the oldest in habitied cities found in Mali is

• Ghana

• Djenne

• Mecca

• Niani

Kora is a stringed instrument that was created during the Mali Empire and has been passed over time by Griot or singers/ musicians.

The capital of the Songhai Empire was Gao in which the Niger River was used to the region.