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Mansa Musa Dbq Essay

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Once one of the wealthiest men in all of Africa made his Hajj to Mecca and gave away over 4 billion dollars. Mansa Musa went on his journey to Mecca to complete the 5th pillar to please their God Allan and Muhammad. Mansa Musa was very wealthy and religious man who went on his Hajj for religious reasons and to also help people from his empire make the holy trip to Mecca for the god Allah. 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

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