Kingdom Of Mali (mansa)

Question 1

Where did the kingdom of Mali follow Ghana as a major civilization ? 🐥

Answer 1

In West Africa 🌍

Question 2

How was Malis economy created ? 🚩

Answer 2

The taxation of gold and salt merchants 🍚

Question 3

What was sunditas capital ? ☄

Answer 3

Niani 🍔

Question 4

Who was the next great ruler of sundiata ? 🌠

Answer 4

Mansa Musa 📍

Question 5

What religion did they follow ? 📒

Answer 5

Muslim ☪

Question 6

When were camels brought into the desert ? 🖌

Answer 6

+-100BC 🗒

Question 7

What did the use of camels make it possible to do ? 📤

Answer 7

Travel from Kush to West Africa ⛺️

Question 8

Why were camels the perfect answer ? 🏁

Answer 8

• carry heavy loads
• move things over sand
• cushions under feet (protection)
• slender legs help move easily across desert
• go without water - long periods of time
• if treated well - very cooperative
• eat hard the hard thorny bushes ( ❌ buck/sheep)
• winter - 50 days
• summer - 5 days
• run very fast on level ground

Question 9

What happens if camels don’t drink enough water.

Answer 9

Their eyes fill with tears, they refuse to eat and complain. If they try urinate and they can’t it is vital that they get water ASAP

Question 10

What will happen if the camel dehydrates ?

Answer 10

The hump will disappear

Question 11

What happens if the hump disappears ?

Answer 11

All the camels life sustaining nutrients will be lost

Question 12

Where did villages appear ?

Answer 12

Wherever there was an oasis - along grans Saharan trade routes

Question 13

What is the Sahara desert ?

Answer 13

BIG - biggest in the world
HOT - reaches 55 degrees Celsius
DRY - annual 70mm - v. Wide spread

Question 14

What is an oasis ?

Answer 14

Wet resting place, small piece of desert that is fed by underground streams of water

Question 15

Who patrolled the gold mines ?

Answer 15

The army

Question 16

Why was the kingdom f Mali so rich ?

Answer 16

The gold and salt mines

Question 17

Why did traders always stop in Mali ?

Answer 17

They knew there was excellent trading, culture and safety to be done there

Question 18

What was transported to the north ?

Answer 18

Slaves and gold

Question 19

What was transported to the south ?

Answer 19

Salt weapons horses and shells

Question 20

How did Islamic faith spread through Africa ?

Answer 20

Schools were built and spiritual leaders aimed to convert local leaders to Islamic faith

Question 21

What does “Mansa” mean ?

Answer 21

Kinggg 👑

Question 22

How did Mansa Musa behave ?

Answer 22

In the exact way his people believed a very rich king should

Question 23

When he left the palace who did he take with him ?

Answer 23

60 000 followers ( 13000 servants ) and 300 guards

Question 24

Where did Mansa go and why ?

Answer 24

The holy city of Mecca because Muslim law requires that everyone who believes must make at least one trip in their life time

Question 25

What did he take with on his journey ?

Answer 25

2 tones of gold !!

Question 26

Ha many camels did he take and how much did they carry ?

Answer 26

80 camels, each bearing 50 - 300 pounds of gold

Question 27

What did he build every Friday ?

Answer 27

A mosque

Question 28

Where were most architects brought from ?

Answer 28

Cairo

Question 29

What did he want to build ?

Answer 29

Mosques and madrases ( Islam schools )

Question 30

Who built the mosque ?

Answer 30

Abu Es Haq Saheli

Question 31

What are timbuktus manuscripts proof of ?

Answer 31

The level of development and refined civilization in Sub-Sahara Africa

Question 32

What do they give evidence of ?

Answer 32

Subjects - maths, chemistry, physics, astrology, medicine, history, geography +++

Question 33

How many manuscripts are there ?

Answer 33

700 000

Question 34

How are they ruined or taken away ?

Answer 34

Termites and insects - eat
Weather conditions - dust
And they’re sold to tourists in exchange for food

Question 35

What is SA involved ?

Answer 35

SA have committed themselves to aid the preservation of the manuscripts. They’re in charge of building a library for the manuscripts

Question 36

How is timbuk2 losing its wealth ?

Answer 36

> other trade routes have been found
European traders - easier by ship
the journey through the desert was no longer necessary

Question 37

How did Mansa Musa destroy the economy ? ( journey to Mecca )

Answer 37

Prices reached an all time high, the value of gold depreciated because there was no longer a demand for it