Mansa Musa Dbq

1. Mansa Musa’s name literally means King Moses because Mansa translates to King, Emperor, or Highness and Musa translates to Moses.

Mansa Musa is one of the well known leaders as well as the richest person who ever lived but he practiced Islam. Because of this he needed to make his Hajj from Mali to Mecca. He also had other motives he wanted to do along the way.

The “Qur’an” had a great importance to Mansa Musa as it states “God loves the charitable” (Document D). When Mansa Musa was giving gold away, he was following 2:195 of the “Qur’an” which is also known as the holy Muslim book. If Mansa Musa was going to establish trading partners, he would take the trade route all the way to Mecca which he didn't because he

Mansa Musa’s Hajj was an important historical event because he was able to help many people by spreading his massive wealth as gold to those along his route, but his Hajj also led to inflation. Mansa Musa grew the wealth of his empire through trade. Then during his Hajj, he spread his wealth by gifting gold to people he met along the way. In Document 2, we can see many salt and gold mines located in the Mali Empire near Timbuktu, and trade routes spanning from those mines through the rest of the empire. From this map, we can see where Mansa Musa’s wealth was sourced.

There were about 14 provinces within his empire. Each province was run by a governor. This distribution of his workload was significantly reduced by this system. This type of administration that he formed by having governors allowed him to only worry about the large issues present in his empire. All the small issues would be dealt with by the governors so Mansa Musa would not have to worry as much about everything. However, Mansa Musa was very attentive to any complaints and appeals against oppression by governors. This showed how involved he was within his empire. The next thing that Mansa Musa brought the Mali empire was their strong cavalry. While he was reigning, he was able to bring his forces up to about 100,000 soldiers in size. Mansa Musa put this force to work by guarding the Trans-Sahara Trade route that passed through his empire. This allowed for the Mali empire to control the westernmost Trans-Sahara Trade

In ancient times, documents helped religion carry their teachings more accurately and to more people. Hinduism was no exception, ancient writings were an essential part of it. The writings could teach traditions, or even basic life lessons. This essay explains the content in two different essays, A and B. Document A is an amazing lesson on how to attain moksha. Moksha is the break from the cycle of life and death, which is achieved by good karma.

Since The people of Mali would use cotton to make clothing that was comfortable in warm climate. The people realized that cotton was valuable and they sold it to other people. Sundiata had soldiers working in his fields to help feed people. Mali grew into prosperous kingdom. Sundiata took power away from local leader.

Mansa Musa was motivated to go to Mecca and spread Islam because of his beliefs and generosity. He was not the first Islamic ruler, but he became more famous than others. iii. One outcome of the spread of Islam by Mansa Musa was recognition of Mali by Europeans. The fame of the trip also led to more trade between West Africa and Egypt.

The Mali empire was established in 1235. It was the largest and the richest empire in the African Middle Ages. During this time Malian emperors relied on a small central administration, which was primarily concerned with finances and justice. (Patterns of World History pg. 400) The empire financed itself through tributes and taxes, but their main source of income relied on trade. The Mali would often trade long distance through merchants and scholars. In Timbuktu, the Mali would produce or mine for salt, creating a Salt Trade Hub in Timbuktu. Timbuktu was also important because it was one of the most important scholarly cities in the world that held massive libraries.

I believe Mansa Musa had a social impact on africa because he had a good relationship with the people and did not want to meet the king. Some may argue Mansa Musa had a economic impact of africa because when he gave the people gold in cairo, they exchange gold to much and the value of gold depressed for 12 years. Even in Document A the personal account of AI-Umari it states ¨They exchange gold until they depressed its value in egypt and caused it price to fall.¨ However this does not prove Mansa Musa had a economic impact on Africa because it was the people of cairo fall because they used it too much.

During the time period from 1230 to 1670, the Empire of Mali became a site of cultural exchange because of the strong leaders they had, the resources they used around them, the gold and salt trade, the

The European refugee crisis has brought attention to the division between European and Muslim culture. France was the first country to ban the veil in April 2011, and various countries have followed, creating certain restrictions targeting the Muslim veil. As Muslims make up the majority of the migrants seeking asylum, many European countries are threatened by the possibility of losing their security. These countries believe that they have the right to rule over their own territory and should be able to make their own laws. Upon making this laws and the Muslims entering their country they should follow and respect their progressive ways.

One of the main reasons that Mali became a site of cultural exchange was because of its gold and salt supply. Mali was located in West Africa, a place at the time that was stocked with gold and salt deposits. Salt was a really big resource to the world during the 11th century, mainly because salt would change the taste of food in a positive way. Therefore, the effect of all this gold and salt was that Mali became very well-known and rich when it came to trade. So to many countries, they saw Mali as a place that was incredibly rich, which led many people to go to Mali’s cultural exchanges to know how they got so rich.

One of the most significant events in Africa’s 14th century history was in the year 1312, when Musa Keita I was crowned king of the Mali empire. This gave him the title he is more popularly known as; Mansa Musa and he would later become one of the most noteworthy people that ever rose to power. Believed to be the richest man that ever lived, this man had an estimated wealth of 400 billion dollars at the time of his death in 1331. The world became aware of his fortune during his extravagant pilgrimage to Mecca and he was included on the 1375 Catalan Atlas one of the most important maps of mediaeval Europe.

This essay will have information on Mansa Musa he was also known as Mansa I of Mali, Mansa Musa went by a number of names during his life. However, the fact that he was known as Mansa Musa in the west, with “Mansa” translating to “King of Kings”, speaks volumes of his influence. He was the tenth ruler of the Mali Empire. Emperor Abu Bakr II appointed Mansa Musa as the deputy who would take care of the Mali Empire, while he went off to explore the Atlantic Ocean to a more significant degree.