Mali

Question 1

MaliFounder/years

Answer 1

Sundiata Keita/13th century-mid 15th century

Question 2

Mali Govt

Answer 2

Not centralized. Mansa=less-elevated kings. Tribe w/ chief rep @ court. Great Gbara Assembly chose hereditary successor/checked power. Used Islamic Shari’a law. STRONG army

Question 3

Mali Conquest

Answer 3

General Tiramakhan under Sundiata conquered lands of old Ghana. Iron/leather materials and horses

Question 4

MaliReligion

Answer 4

Islam spread via trade, mansa musa ^faith

Question 5

MaliArt

Answer 5

Rock paintings, wood carvings, bronze and iron statues, pyramids, stelae (tombs) oral traditions/music

Question 6

Mali Writing

Answer 6

Story telling griot ex Epic of Son-Jara. Written law Shari’a

Question 7

Mali Public works

Answer 7

SCHOOLS law science literature; mosques

Question 8

Mali Jobs

Answer 8

Woman on fields, men at school, blacksmith, leatherwork

Question 9

Mali Social

Answer 9

Didn’t believe in one

Question 10

Mali Economy

Answer 10

Gold/Salt/Iron, Berbers, controlled brigands or robbers on trade routes

Question 11

Mali Cities

Answer 11

Timbuktu=leaning/trade COSMOPOLITANSaharaCapital=Niami