Guided Reading Chapter 13 Terms: 1. Tropics- Areas with high humidity and temperatures 2. Monsoons- an overflow of water from rivers 3. Ecosystems- communities of living things within a certain climare 4. Bilad al-sudan- West African Jewish communities who were connected to known Jewish communities from the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ or Spain and Portugal. 5. Dhow - any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African‚ Arabian‚ and Indian coasts‚ generally
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Early History Mali is a country located in West Africa. Before Europeans arrived‚ there were 3 major civilizations in Mali. These Great African civilizations grew and prospered while most of the European continent was still in the dark ages. The Kingdom of Ghana was the first‚ the Mali Empire was the second‚ and the Songhai Empire was the third. The capital of the Ghana Empire was Koumbi Saleh. It existed from c. 300 until c. 1236. This Empire grew rich from the Trans-Saharan trade in gold and
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What inference is justified by information on the map? (5 points) Select one: a. The kingdoms of Ghana‚ Mali‚ and Songhai were allies. b. Ghana participated in a trade network that crossed Africa. c. The kingdom of Mali arose after the kingdom of Ghana. d. Morocco was a source for much of Ghana’s culture. Question2 How did the traditional clan system support the unity and strength of the Mali Empire? (5 points) Select one: a. Clans sent their young men to the capital‚ Timbuktu‚ to be educated. b. The
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to 1500 CE‚ two ideal empires‚ Mali of Sub – Saharan Africa and the Aztecs of the Americas developed into truly influential and powerful empires. Both empires shared a similarity in economy but a different society. The Mali and Aztecs both traded‚ but while Mali traded with Islamic regions developing Islamic institutions within its borders‚ the Aztecs traded locally consequently not being influenced by outside cultures. Both Empires differed in society in which women in Mali tended to have more rights
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-iron 7. What relationship did the empires of Mali in West Africa and Dehli in South Asia have to Islam? P.330 -both Mali and Dehli utilized Islamic administrative and military systems introduced from the Islamic heartland 8. In what 2 ways did Mali differ from Ghana? P.330 -Mali was much larger than Ghana -from the beginning‚ Mali rulers were Muslims who fostered the spread of Islam among the political and trading elite of the empire 9. What did Mansa Musa pilgrimage
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of Sundiata for his fatherland and his people. The Empire of Mali rose out of what was once the empire of Ghana. Mali had been a state inside of the Ghana Empire (Goucher‚ 232). Ghana was the first empire to emerge in West Africa around the 6th century C.E. (Goucher231). Ghana used the strategic position taxing the desert nomad traders of the north and the gold producing people of the south (Goucher‚ 131). After the fall of Ghana‚ the Mali Empire took its place and rose to power under the leadership
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said to have died in 1331‚ but some accounts have him alive as late as 1337. His date of birth is unknown. Ruler of the Mali empire‚ which included Timbuktu‚ Ghana‚ and Mali (1312–37) Religion- Muslim Brought the Mali Empire to its greatest height. During his reign‚ Timbuktu became a center of Muslim culture and scholarship. His pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324–25 brought Mali fame throughout the world; the emperor traveled with a huge amount of people with him. He had 500 slaves carrying staffs of
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TEXT TIMELINE 300-1200 CE- Empire of Ghana 610 CE- Muhammad receives first revelations of what would become the Quaran 622 CE- Founding of Islam -Muhammad flees to Medina 730 CE- Printing invented in China 868 CE- First book printed in China 900 CE- Decline of Classical Maya 1066 CE- Norman conquest of England 1206 CE- Changgis Khan begins Mongol Conquest 1230-1600 CE- Mali emerged after the collapse of the Ghana Empire 1266 CE- Marco Polo goes to China 1279 CE- Mongol conquest of China
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religion. Another kingdom that was established in Africa was The Kingdom of Mali‚ According to Brown’s 2008 studies for The University of North Carolina Pembroke‚ Mali took over the Kingdom of Ghana which was to be the protector of trade routes‚ it also formed foundations that were remaining from its predecessors. Around the 11th century‚ the rulers decided to convert to Islam. One of the important rulers of The Kingdom of Mali was Sundiata‚ he ruled the kingdom from 1230 to 1255. Sundiata expanded the
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story of the foundation of the Mali Empire in West Africa. This story takes place during a transitional time period‚ when the trade network that linked towns and villages across western Africa attracted north African merchants who brought increasing Muslim influence. The Mali Empire was one of the great West African Empires. The Mali Empire was located along the western grasslands of Africa on the fertile land that lies right below the Sahara desert. The Mali Empire was greatly influenced by Islam
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