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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Jeremy De La Cruz 02/05/13 2nd DBQ-Mansa Musa A king’s journey always has effects. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca effected both the economics and political views in Africa. For good and for bad‚ Musa intended to make the pilgrimage for him. Even though Mansa Musa thought he was making the journey for himself and his religion‚ it was more widely viewed as a celebration and praise for him and his kingdom through his generosity. The economic effects from the journey were mostly good
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Mansa Musa Often called the “King of Kings”‚ Mansa Musa‚ or Musa Keiti I‚ is known in history as one of the wealthiest people to ever live. Ruling the West African empire of Mali in the 14th century C.E.‚ he made quite a lasting impression on those he came into contact with. He is known for both his riches and his abundant generosity. In 1324‚ Mansa Musa made the hajj‚ or pilgrimage to Mecca. This journey lasted for over a year. There are many different accounts of the specifics of the voyage‚ seeing
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extravagant. When Mansa Musa entered Cairo‚ he had 80 camels with gold on their backs and thousands of people in his entourage including 500 slaves (Isaacs). This highlights his extravagant wealth. Having such a plethora of wealth is almost implausible. This could be a reason why so many people were interested in the Mali Empire. Gold was a precious commodity in
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travel for many months and miles for your religion? Millions of Muslims every year travel to Mecca the birthplace of their religion. Mansa Musa was the king of Mali and was also one of the richest people in Africa at the time and he wanted to show off and make trades to northern parts of Africa while on his Hajj to Mecca. On his Hajj to Mecca Mansa Musa traveled to Taghaza and Tuwat Oasis as well as purposely brought 24‚000 pounds of gold and 60‚000 (Document A) to help him trade and convert
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by many writers from the point of view that he was an ordinary or “typical leader” leader; however‚ this writer proposes that Mansa Musa was an extra-ordinary emperor (atypical). Evidence to support this hypothesis will be drawn from the following.
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------------------------------------------------- Liquid–liquid extraction From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Liquid–liquid extraction also known as solvent extraction and partitioning‚ is a method to separate compounds based on their relative solubilities in two different immiscible liquids‚ usually water and an organic solvent. It is an extraction of a substance from one liquid into another liquid phase. Liquid–liquid extraction is a basic technique in chemical laboratories‚ where it is performed
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Mansa Musa was the leader of Mali and used his wealth and power to his advantage. He completed the 5th pillar of Islam‚ the journey to Mecca‚ with over 60‚000 people with him‚ 12‚000 being slaves. Mansa Musa was a king whose goals were to show off his wealth and power on the journey to Mecca‚ convert people to Islam‚ establish trade partners while being charitable‚ and earn himself a good reputation for those that had not heard of him. Mansa Musa had many goals to accomplish on his Hajj. Perhaps
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g.‚ sucrose add to calorie intake and therefore many people prefer to use artificial sweeteners. Ortho-sulphobenzimide‚ also called saccharin‚ is the first popular artificial sweetening agent. It has been used as a sweetening agent ever since it was discovered in 1879. It is about 550 times as sweet as cane sugar. It is excreted from the body in urine unchanged. It appears to be entirely inert and harmless when taken. Its use is of great value to diabetic persons and people who need to control intake
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Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood University of Chicago In the last two decades one of the key questions that has occupied many feminist theorists is how should issues of historical and cultural specificity inform both the analytics and politics of any feminist project. Although this questioning has resulted in serious attempts at integrating issues of sexual‚ racial‚ class‚ and national difference within feminist
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