HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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The trading of salt for gold ended
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Military leaders took control of Mali
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The African written language spread to Arabia
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Timbuktu became an important center of learning in the world
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Detailed explanation-1: -Upon his return in 1324, Mūsā I’s pious pilgrimage inspired him to commission two enormous mosques in Timbuktu and Gao. He encouraged his subjects’ immersion in scholarship, the arts, and the Qurʾān. He intended to abdicate the throne and return to Mecca but died before he was able to do so.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under Mansa Musa I and his successors, Timbuktu transformed from a small but successful trading post into a center of commerce and scholarship, making the Mali empire one of the most influential of the Golden Age of Islam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Putting Mali on the Map: Mansa Musa, as a king, literally put Mali on the map. His pilgrimage to Mecca, accompanied by thousands of servants, officials, and soldiers all loaded with gold, brought Mali to the attention of world leaders in both the Muslim and non-Muslim world.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.