Dear Antoinette‚ It is a joyous year in 1312! My dearest friend as you know Mansa Musa is emperor he is very knowledgable and I have learned to read and write Arabic. Something peculiar has happened‚ Mansa Musa has been so courteous as to give our enemies a chance to live! We call them slaves and they do whatever you tell them to! They are fairly less then I would expect and the Northerners seem to enjoy them very much‚ Our country has become very rich indeed! If you ever need money you only need
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Organized Week 9 Presentation Notes Lumumba Shabaka Perception of origin Swahili emphasized distinctivesness Swahili means “coasters” in Arabic Claiming Persian & Arab descent Uungwana (civilized) ways Swahili architecture emerged suddenly along with Muslim religion in 11 & 12 cent‚ supposedly no local archetypes Ustaaarabu (Arabness): used Arab script‚ Arab names‚ etc. 1980s: Neville Chittick & Mark Horton challenge this sudden rise; World System Linkage Egyptian‚ Arab‚
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the ruler Sumanguru. This happened because the Ghana began to mine new gold fields and new trade routes were opening further east. In 1235‚ people began to be ruled under a new ruler named Sundiata Keita. Soon after‚ they weakened more and more until they eventually were taken over by the Mali Empire of Sundiata. The Ghana had a lot of characteristics. Soninke would sell slaves‚ salt and copper for textiles‚ beads and finished goods. Salt was very valuable and was taxed by the king. It was also
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Africans strongly believed that Allah was responsible for all the good things that occurred in their lives. The story of Sundiata emphasized this when it states that‚ “[A]fter seven years’ absence Lahilatoul was able to return‚ by the grace of Allah the Almighty‚ to Mali where none expected to see him anymore.” The people of Mali idolized Allah and sought guidance from him
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Africa in World History written by Erik Gilbert and Jonathan Reynolds states that Sundiata helped build Mali that stretched across the Niger River and is one of the world’s great empires. The towns along the river were Timbuktu and Gao. Mali became one of the richest states because they taxed the flow of trade across the border; Mali was
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Kante‚Hawa EWS22QGC-01 16 March 2014 Mrs. Jefferson Personal College Essay There is this bright determined girl who is very motivated‚ ambitious and has the key to success. This girl is pure African‚ a true Muslim who was raised in a highly respectable way. She has bright eyes to determine who she truly wants to be. A vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change my life and my life changes others. I have a dream that
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similar in it also began to rise during the fall of an earlier empire. During the fall of Ghana‚ Sumanguru took over what was left of Ghana and was very cruel to anyone who challenged him and killed anyone who did. Soon one of the Malinka princes‚ Sundiata‚ the “Lion King”‚ crushed Sumanguru’s forces and started the empire of Mali. The Aztecs rose to power in 1150 as the Toltec’s began to fall. The two empires had a lot in common in how they were run. Both were connected to other civilizations. Mali’s
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Ramya Krishnan Ramya Krishnan was born in 1967 in Chennai. She is the niece of veteran Tamil comedian Cho Ramaswamy. She received initial training in Bharathanatyam‚ Western and Kuchipudi dance forms and has given many stage performances. Ramya started her acting career at the age of 13 and has an acting career spanning over 32 years. She first played the lead role in Vellai Manasu‚ a Tamil film opposite Y. G. Mahendra. She was studying in 9th standard when she acted in that film. She is most
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Ghana was not always powerful an wealthy overtime they gained their wealth and power through trade. During the 5th century gold became an item that many people wanted‚ thats when the gold trade started. Many people would travel in search of gold in Ghana causing a wide spread of supply and demand of gold coinage. Also the reason why gold was so available in Ghana was because of a king named Ashanti. The amount of gold the Ashanti king of Ghana had allowed them to trade for years. They had so much
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Sundiata was unable to speak before the age of three and was unable to walk until the age of seven but he did not let harsh words affect him‚ even when at an early age‚ “malicious tongues began to blab. What three-year-old has not yet taken his first steps
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