HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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Sundiata
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Mansa Musa
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Askia the Great
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Sunni Ali
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fame of Mansa Musa and his phenomenal wealth spread as he traveled on his hajj to Mecca. Afterward, he put himself and his kingdom, West Africa’s Mali, on the map, literally. Mali’s Timbuktu was known for its schools and libraries.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mansa Musa, fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire, is the medieval African ruler most known to the world outside Africa. His elaborate pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in 1324 introduced him to rulers in the Middle East and in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Musa went on hajj to Mecca in 1324, traveling with an enormous entourage and a vast supply of gold. En route, he spent time in Cairo, where his lavish gift-giving is said to have noticeably affected the value of gold in Egypt and garnered the attention of the wider Muslim world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Islamic learning centers, schools, and universities, and the grandest library in all of Africa were a direct result of Mansa Musa’s rule and made Mali into a multilingual and multiethnic kingdom.