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	KAM Ancient Mali
		Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim who built magnificent mosques all throughout the Mali sphere of influence.
		Mansa Musa's fame as well as that of his state was known far and wide.
		Under Mansa Musa's patronage, vast libraries were built and "madrasas" (Islamic universities) were endowed; Timbuctu became a meeting-place of the finest poets, scholars, and artists of Africa and the Middle East.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Classroom/9912/ancientmali.html (580 words)

	King Mansa Musa of Mali, Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When Mansa Musa came to power, Mali already had firm control of the trade routes to the southern lands of gold and the northern lands of salt.
		This was a big political success, and made Mansa Musa one of the greatest statesmen in the history of Africa.
		Mansa Musa opened courts of law for Muslims, alongside the old courts of law for those who were not Muslims.
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/mansamusa.html (561 words)

	Mansa Musa
		It was in this climate that Mansa Musa was born.
		During his life, Mansa Musa also gained control of Timbuktu which stood at the crossroads of the Niger, an important means of transport, and the Saharan desert trade routes.
		Mansa Musa died around 1337, leaving the throne to his son Maghan I. About this time the empire began to unravel; Songhai, a province in the east, left the empire.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b1musamansu.htm (1334 words)

	PLAYAHATA.COM
		Mansa Musa's fame and wealth as well as that of his state was known far and wide, even to Europe who at the time was a relatively unknown region in world affairs.
		Mansa Musa ruled an empire that was one of the largest in the world at that time.
		Under Mansa Musa's patronage, vast libraries were built and "madrasas"; (Islamic universities) were endowed; Timbuctu became a meeting-place of the finest Qu'ranic theologians, poets, scholars, and artists of Africa and the Muslim world.
	www.playahata.com /pages/bhfigures/bhfigures6.html (1100 words)

	History Channel
		Mansa Moussa was a devout Muslim who built magnificent mosques throughout his empire in order to spread the influences of Islam.
		Mansa Moussa expanded Mali's influence across Africa by bringing more lands under the empire's control, including the city of Timbuktu, and by enclosing a large portion of the western Sudan within a single system of trade and law.
		Mansa Moussa brought the Mali Empire to the attention of the rest of the Muslim world with his famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324.
	www.history.com /classroom/unesco/timbuktu/mansamoussa.html (644 words)

	Early African Empires and their Global Connections
		Mansa Musa annexed the cities of Gao and TIMBUKTU to MALI and greatly expanded the Empire.
		Mansa Musa was a Muslim; since most of his subjects were not, he allowed diverse religious practices to flourish during his reign.
		MANSA SULAYMAN: Ruler of Mali from 1336 to 1358 and MANSA MUSA's brother.
	www.globaled.org /nyworld/materials/african3.html (1627 words)

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	geocities.com /aX8qufuauem (503 words)

	Mansa Musa: The Golden King from CobblestoneOnline.net
		Mansa Kankan Musa I, as he was officially known, came to the throne of Mali in 1307 or 1312.
		Al-Umari recorded that Mansa Musa described his kingdom as "a year's journey in length." This was an exaggeration, but another writer described Mali as "square, its length being four months journey and its width likewise."
		Mansa Musa is said to have described copper as his most important trade item.
	www.cobblestoneonline.net /wsp/mansa-musa.html (1058 words)

	The Islamic World to 1600: The Fractured Caliphate and the Regional Dynasties (West Africa)
		As well, Mansa Musa was instrumental in expanding his kingdom's gold trade to the Mediterranean, through increased trading ties with the Merinid empire in North Africa and the Mamluks in Egypt.
		Mansa Musa is also well known for his pilgrimage to Mecca, which he undertook in 1324.
		Mansa Musa brought architects and builders back with him as he returned from his pilgrimage, and soon Timbuktu was a commercial city of 100,000 people.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/islam/fractured/westAfrica.html (723 words)

	Mr. Dowling's Mansa Musa Page
		Mansa Musa captured the attention of the Arab world when he left his home in the West African kingdom of Mali to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324.
		Unlike his grandfather Sundiata, Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim.
		When Mansa Musa passed through Cairo, legends say he gave away so much gold that the price of it fell and the economy was affected for more than twenty years.
	www.mrdowling.com /609-mansamusa.html (305 words)

	For Educators (Sondiata and Mansa Musa on the Web) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mansa Musa Takes a Trip, a very detailed webquest/acitivy for grades 6–8, part of the larger lesson/activity Trekking to Timbuktu, with sections on earlier and later history, including the manuscripts of Timbuktu.
		Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali by Khephra Burns (Ages 9-12).
		Mansa Musa: Ruler of Ancient Mali by Peggy Pancella (Ages 4-8).
	www.isidore-of-seville.com /mansa/5.html (397 words)

	Mansa Musa, King of Mali
		Mansa Musa was the great-great-grandson of Sunjata, who was the founder of the empire of Mali.
		Mansa Musa journeyed along the Niger River to Mema, then to Walata, then through Taghaza and on to Tuat, which was a trade center in central Africa.
		Mansa Musa’s Hajj had a significant impact on the development of Islam in Mali and on the perception of Mali throughout Africa and Europe.
	www.islamawareness.net /Africa/Mali/mali_article001.html (858 words)

	Mansa Masu: Songhai Empire
		Mansa Musa was an important Malian king from 1312 to 1337 expanding the Mali influence over the Niger city-states of Timbuktu, Gao, and Djenne.
		Mansa Musa (Mansa meaning emperor or sultan and Musa meaning Moses), the grandson of one of Sundiata’s sisters, is often referred to as "The Black Moses" (Jeffries and Moss 1997).
		His armies pushed the borders of Mali from the Atlantic coast in the west beyond the cities of Timbuktu and Gao in the east -- and from the salt mines of Taghaza in the north to the gold mines of Wangar in the south (Jeffries and Moss 1997).
	www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/mansa.htm (847 words)

	::::::: Kurá Hulanda Museum ::: West African Kingdoms ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mansa Musa's brother, Abubakar, is said to have equipped an armada of several hundred ships.
		The Egyptian historian Al Omari visited the court of Mansa Musa in 1325 A.C. 'Mansa Musa holds court in his palace on a great balcony called a 'bembe', where he has a great seat of ebony that is like a throne...
		Mansa Musa's successors were not capable to hold the large empire together.
	www.kurahulanda.com /virtual_guide/west_african_kingdoms.html (2507 words)

	Mansa Musa, An African Builder - Habeeb Salloum
		Musa was famed for his piety and the building of imposing mosques, yet he never fought a religious war and applied Muslim policies with an hesitant hand.
		Above all, Mansa Musa's famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 spread Mali's renown and prestige, not only in the Islamic countries but to the far corners of medieval Europe.
		At Musa's death in 1337, Mali's influence extended from the Atlantic in the west to Hausaland in the east.
	www.africanevents.com /Essay-Habeeb-MansaMusa.htm (1081 words)

	WKRAC - ARTWorld / West Africa - Mali
		Mansa Kankan Musa I (Mansa Musa) was the grandson of Sundiata Keita.
		Mansa Musa ruled over Mali while it was the source for almost half the world's gold.
		Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim and gave out gold generously during his pilgrimage to Mecca.
	www.wkrac.org /artworld/mali/culture/people.html (2137 words)

	Mali Resource Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mansa Musa: Mansa means "sultan, emperor or chief." Musa means "Moses." Mansa Musa become known as Mali's "Black Moses." He also ruled for 25 years and doubled the size of Mali.
		He described his kingdom as "a year's journey in length." Mansa Musa was a Muslim and Islamic law requires that all faithful Muslim's make a visit to the city of Mecca where their religion was started.
		Mansa Musa established the first Islamic university in Timbuktu where scholars studied Arabic, surgical procedures, science and math.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /KingsParkES/technology/mali/malipeo.htm (268 words)

	Lupe Zavala's World History Project
		Mansa Musa is best known for his 3,500-mile journey in 1324 to Mecca.
		The lesson is not accurate on the date Mansa Musa succeeded to the throne; the date they state is 1307.
		This is the most important fact about Mansa Musa, which is stated in all resources dealing with the Mali Empire and this king, Mansa Musa.
	www.csun.edu /~gz55020/History.html (1419 words)

	Musa Mansa Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Mansa Musa (died 1337), king of the Mali empire in West Africa, is known mostly for his fabulous pilgrimage to Mecca and for his promotion of unity and prosperity within Mali.
		Many modern writers feel that Musa's importance in West African history is exaggerated because of the fame he obtained during his truly impressive pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324-1325.
		Musa developed diplomatic ties with the North African states and thereby facilitated an unprecedented growth of trans-Saharan trade, which in turn further enriched and strengthened the imperial government.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/musa-mansa (475 words)

	MrDonn.org - KINGDOM OF MALI lessons and activities for K-12 teachers and students
		But Mansa Musa was such a good host, and such a devout Muslim, that the scholars who came to the kingdom brought with them not only learning but also understanding.
		Mansa Musa left so much gold behind him in Cairo that it was rumored it took 12 years for prices in Egypt to get back to normal.
		Mansa Musa was a very smart man. To reduce the likelihood of a takeover, he had brought with him on his trip most of the powerful people in his kingdom.
	africa.mrdonn.org /mali.html (1022 words)

	Discover Haiti: Black History Month 2001
		Mansa Musa is one of the great rulers of the Mali Empire.
		Mansa Musa was said to have taken more than 500 people with him, each carrying a staff of solid gold.
		When Mansa Musa passed through Cairo, he gave away so much gold that the price of gold fell and the economy was affected for more than twenty years.
	www.discoverhaiti.com /black_history_month2001.htm (3815 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		Mansa Musa's pilgrimage was immortalized in a map of Africa contained in the Catalan World Atlas of 1375.
		Guinea (Mansa Musa is referred to as the Lord of the Negroes of Guinea) was actually the coastal region of West Africa where many of the gold mines were located.
		While Mansa Musa's pilgrimage opened the eyes of Europeans and Middle Easterners to the wealth of Mali, it also convinced the ruler that he should make the cities of his realm a showplace of the Islamic world.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=512 (1080 words)

	Mansa Musa
		Mansa Musa is mostly remembered for his extravagant hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca with, according to the Arab historian al-Umari, 100 camel-loads of gold, each weighing 300 lbs.; 500 slaves, each carrying a 4 lb.
		Mansa Musa brought back with him an Arabic library, religious scholars, and most importantly the Muslim architect al-Sahili, who built the great mosques at Gao and Timbuktu and a royal palace.
		Mansa Musa ruled for 25 years, bringing prosperity and stability to Mali and expanding the empire he inherited.
	www.blackhistorypages.net /pages/mansamusa.php (556 words)

	Civilizations in Africa: Mali
		The most significant of the Mali kings was Mansa Musa (1312-1337) who expanded Mali influence over the large Niger city-states of Timbuctu, Gao, and Djenné.
		Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim who built magnificent mosques all throughout the Mali sphere of influence; his gold-laden pilgrimage to Mecca made him an historical figure even in European history writing.
		Finally, the kingdom of Gao, which had been subjugated to Mali under Mansa Musa, gave rise to a Songhay kingdom that finally eclipsed the magnificent power of Mali.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/CIVAFRCA/MALI.HTM (565 words)

	H-Net Review: Stephen Belcher on Mansa Musa
		Musa is then captured in a lightning slave-raid and carried off to Morocco, where he is purchased by the same stranger, Tariq al-Aya, who now sets himself up as the initiator of Musa.
		He takes Musa through the great cities of the (medieval) Islamic world of North Africa, so that Musa can appreciate the world outside and learn how important it will be for the king of Mali to establish the reputation of his land.
		Kanku Musa, or Kankan Musa, is thus Musa son of (the woman) Kanku.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=181971017244525 (1483 words)

	Amazon.de: Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali: English Books: Khephra Burns,Leo Dillon,Diane Dillon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali (Gebundene Ausgabe)
		Employing a combination of mythical elements and historical fact, the author sets in motion a chain of events during which 14-year-old Kankan is kidnapped by slave traders, wanders the desert for six years with a captor/mentor and, after an important revelation, eventually returns to his Mali homeland.
		Kankan has discovered that he is a descendent of the legendary king Sundiata and is destined to rule his people as Mansa Musa.
	www.amazon.de /Mansa-Musa-Mali-Khephra-Burns/dp/0152003754 (563 words)

	Amazon.com: Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali: Books: Khephra Burns,Leo & Diane Dillon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		No, we know nothing of the childhood of the famous Mansa Musa--however, the portrayal of the cultures and ways of life of the people is vivid and accurate, and this legend-like tale will surely gain a deserving place in the canon of children's literature.
		For educational use, this is of fairly limited factual use because of the dearth of written accounts about Mansa Musa and his reign and, as a result, the fictional nature of the main narrative.
		This story is an account of the life of Mansa Musa before he became king, and while the background is historically accurate, most of the account of his life before he became king is fictional.
	www.amazon.com /Mansa-Musa-Mali-Khephra-Burns/dp/0152003754 (1782 words)

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